A group of people have filed a million dollar lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department.

The incident started when 4 friends were walking in the area of 13th St and Rodman St. They saw the officer driving in an “unsafe manner” and they “called out” to the officer for making “an illegal turn.” The people called out to the cop to let him know that he was breaking the law.

Mincey says the officer pulled over and jumped out prompting his clients to whip out their cell phones.

King stated the officer knocked the phone out of his hand.

King, an Air Force war veteran from Montgomery County who claims he wasn’t intoxicated, was handcuffed and driven away. However, King’s attorney says he was not taken to a police district, but to a dark alley in North Philadelphia.

“Mr. King was in fear for his safety, felt like he was going to be beaten up by this officer, nobody knew who he was; he’s not from here. That’s when he started begging with the officer, pleading with him,” Mincey said.

Mincey says King’s friends were left stunned on the Center City block after he was taken away.

They called 911 to get in touch with the officer’s supervisor.

More than a half hour later, they say they were even more in shock when the officer returned King right back to the same spot.

“Probably realized he wasn’t going to be able to create a story to explain what had just happened,” Mincey said.

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The proposed settlement was reached after city attorneys and Monroe’s lawyer met Monday in a mediation session with U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken.

It must still go before the City Council for approval. If accepted, it would mark the city’s largest individual settlement in its history.

“Honestly, I think in the grand scheme of things, it’s not an unfair settlement,” Thane Tienson, Monroe’s lawyer, said Tuesday.

Tienson said the money will help pay for Monroe’s ongoing medical costs and lost wages.

Reister’s gunshots fractured Monroe’s pelvis and punctured his bladder, abdomen and colon. The fourth shot, fired from less than 15 feet away, left a “softball-size hole in his left leg” and severed the sciatic nerve, according to Monroe’s suit.

So it took 4 shots for the cop to realize he was shooting lethal rounds? Oh bullshit! That’s attempted murder.

When police abuse their authority everyone loses. Victims may get hurt or even lose their life, police damage their credibility and taxpayers end up shouldering huge payouts to victims and their families.

Last week, the Los Angeles Police Department settled a lawsuit brought against it by two women officers mistakenly shot at during the Dorner manhunt in February. The settlement will cost the city $4.2 million and attorneys called it “a bargain.“

Click to read a list of recent settlements paid out to victims of police misconduct.

The landmark class-action suit has revealed a lot about the NYPD, and it’s not pretty.