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"There was a dog and I saw an assault rifle and I was like, 'Oh wow, I think those are the cops,'" Pellegrino told local 10 news. "We complied, we never tried to run, we never ran an inch from where we were at," he said.Needless to say, the officer kept his job.
The officer's lies just cost the taxpayers of Broward County $175,000 as result of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Pellegrino.
"Every time he would latch on to him, they would yank him," the men's attorney, David Brill, said.
As Local 10 reports, Brill said he hoped the settlement would prompt BSO to fire Wengert, who has a long history of excessive force complaints, including a pending federal lawsuit in the beating of another man, Kevin Buckler after Wengert pulled him over for allegedly playing loud music on his radio.
"They just took something from you, you know? I surrendered," Pellegrino said about his incident with the deputies. "They fed me to an animal."
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