A motorist who became an Internet celebrity after video of him being stunned with a Taser by state trooper appeared on YouTube will receive $40,000 (euro26,076) in a lawsuit settlement with the state, the Utah attorney general's office said Monday.
Jared Massey claimed in civil lawsuit filed in January that his civil rights were violated because Utah Highway Patrolman Jon Gardner fired his Taser before stating he was under arrest. The confrontation was widely viewed on the Internet after Massey obtained a copy of a video taken by the cruiser's dashboard camera.
The video has been viewed on YouTube at least 1.7 million times and shows Gardner drawing his …
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