Michael Kenyon, who suffered third-degree burns after Phoenix police pinned him face-down on hot pavement, filed a claim seeking $15.53 million or a federal lawsuit.
A man who suffered third-degree burns across much of his body after Phoenix officers pinned him face-down on the scorching-hot pavement has taken the first step to file a federal lawsuit against the city.Michael Kenyon and his attorneys filed an official notice of claim on December 30.The claim said Kenyon will settle the case for $15,530,000 or he will sue the city in federal court.“Michael is 30 years old. At an average life expectancy, he should live another 42 years.
That is 15,330 days,” according to the claim. “We are confident that not a single one of you would choose to live in Michael’s disfigured body and traumatized mind for $1,000 a day—and we are confident a jury would agree that this is a modest sum for what the Phoenix Police Department has caused to him.”A city spokesperson declined to comment on the claim but confirmed the matter is still under an internal police investigation.Scripps first reported on Kenyon’s case in late October.The incident happened on the afternoon of July 6, 2024, when the temperature reached 114º in central Phoenix.Surveillance video shows Kenyon was stopped by officers and questioned in a parking lot near 7th and McKinley streets. After both sides began pulling against each other, a handful of officers took Kenyon down to the blacktop and kept him there for more than four minutes.A witness from a nearby balcony began recording in the middle of the incident.The cell phone video shows Kenyon yelling out, “please… please… I can’t move. I didn’t do anything.” “Phoenix police are demonstrating an utter disregard for human life over and over again,” said Bobby DiCello, one of Kenyon’s attorneys, during a previous interview with ABC15. “This young man was burned to the third degree because his skin was cooked on asphalt.”In police records, officers said Kenyon struggled with their officer
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