SEATTLE — A man who accused Seattle police officers of physical abuse after they entered his home two years ago during a welfare check has reached a $250,000 settlement with the city.
Under the settlement, the city didn’t admit wrongdoing and Howard McCay, 74, got a payment and an audience with the department’s leadership, the KOMO-TV reported.
McCay said he woke early on Feb. 23, 2019 thinking intruders were entering his two-story home in Seattle’s Cherry Hill neighborhood.
He called 911 and found out the intruders where Seattle police officers who were responding to a welfare check after a neighborhood resident called the city’s non-emergency number to report that the front door to McCay’s home was open.