Clovis pays $650,000 to settle police brutality case

A former Clovis resident who accused four police officers of savagely beating him while he was handcuffed has settled his federal civil-rights case against the Clovis Police Department for $650,0000, his lawyer said Monday. George Macias Jr., 24, and his attorney, Charles Tony Piccuta , accepted the city's offer last Friday in U.S. District Court in Fresno.