The city of Vineland has agreed to a pay a man $1 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit alleging a group of police officers beat him excessively and ordered a K9 to attack him during an arrest seven years ago in the Cumberland County community.

The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, claimed Jose L. Paz Jr. was subjected to "unjustified and unreasonable" force by a group of 10 Vineland police officers after Paz was stopped on East Avenue in September 2018.

Paz, 37, claimed he was approached on the side of the road by Officer James Day, who suspected Paz was under the influence of drugs. When a second officer arrived, the suit claims Paz remained "compliant and cooperative," but was "at times incoherent" during questioning by the officers.

Day allegedly grabbed Paz's wrists s

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