Bronx woman who begged cops not to Taser teen cousin wins $125,000 in wrongful arrest case
NEW YORK — A Bronx woman who pleaded with cops not to use Tasers on her mentally ill teen cousin won a $125,000 settlement from the city after complaining she was wrongly arrested on a charge of obstructing governmental administration. Money was not the aim of her complaint, says Cheyenne Lee, 30. Instead, she said, she pursued the case into Manhattan Federal Court “with the intent to change ...