A jury held that a police officer used excessive force against a plaintiff. Now, the plaintiff is trying to recover the $132,175 judgment from the police department's insurance company.

In 2020, the plaintiff Mark Wingster filed a lawsuit in Connecticut District Court against Daniel Cyr, an officer in the Torrington, Connecticut police department. While Wingster was driving down the highway, Cyr allegedly forced him off the road and assaulted the plaintiff by kicking and hitting him with other officers. At the time of the excessive force incident, the jury held Cyr was "acting under color of state law."