Independence settles for $82,000 over arrest By Mike Genet The Examiner The city of Independence earlier this year paid $82,500 in a legal settlement connected to an arrest last year outside a grocery store, during which an officer appeared to strike a man twice. The arrest happened Feb. 1, 2020, outside the Price Chopper at 4201 S. Noland Road, after a manager called police regarding a disturbance, and was captured on surveillance video, which along with the settlement was obtained by The Examiner through a records request. In one video clip, the man, identified in the settlement as Lawrence Jackson, and two officers walk outside the store, and one officer, David Wehlermann, appears to jab his finger at Jackson, then grabs him. During the ensuing scuffle, Wehlermann appeared to strike Jackson twice before taking him to the ground, then had his knee on Jackson’s back.