A panhandler who fell and broke his neck in Atlanta when a police officer shocked him with a stun gun during a foot chase in 2018 has been awarded $100 million by a federal jury.Jerry Blasingame, 69, who is paralyzed from the incident, now needs round-the-clock care costing $1 million a year, and has $14 million in medical bills so far, attorney Ven Johnson told jurors.It was determined by the jury that Officer Jon Grubbs used unreasonable force against Blasingame, who was 65 at the time and had been asking drivers for money on July 10, 2018.
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