A jury has awarded $2.35 million to former Prince George’s County police officer Mohamed Magassouba, who said he was fired after refusing to change his testimony in a 2019 use-of-force case against another officer.

The verdict, which was reached this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, found Magassouba’s 2021 termination was “retaliatory” and “violated his civil rights.”

His attorney, Jordan “JD” Howlette, wrote the “verdict confirms what the evidence has shown all along — the targeted retaliation that Officer Mohamed Magassouba suffered at the hands of Prince George’s County was unlawful.”

According to court documents , Magassouba, who served for over a decade on the force, was removed from patrol duties and later fired after refusing to alter his account of

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