Oakland to pay $360K to settle police brutality lawsuit filed by ex-councilman 

Wilson Riles Jr. has settled a federal suit claiming Oakland’s staff and police officers racially discriminated against him and used excessive force.

Wilson Riles Jr., a former Oakland councilman who served the city from 1979 to 1992 and ran for mayor three times, has settled a federal lawsuit for $360,000 in which he claimed Oakland’s city staff and police officers racially discriminated against him and used excessive force when he was arrested three years ago.

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