Knox County settles lawsuit for $100K after photo of arrest

(AP) — Eastern Tennessee taxpayers will pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after a photo appeared to show a deputy choking a college student who was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest.

The Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/29lwsan ) reports that the settlement of the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by former University of Tennessee Jarod D. Dotson was announced Tuesday.