"excessive use of force"

A Kodiak public radio station sued when the city denied the station’s records request for details after an incident where three policemen handcuffed and pepper-sprayed Nick Pletnikoff as he was checking his family’s mailbox on Sept. 16. Pletnikoff, 28, is severely autistic,

When Nick Pletnikoff”s mother found him, he was surrounded by three Kodiak Police officers who had pinned him to the ground and pepper sprayed him from point-blank range.