NYC gives machete-wielding thug $5K for menacing cops

NYC gives machete-wielding thug $5K for menacing cops | New York Post:
"He menaced cops with a machete — and the city paid him for it.
A Brooklyn thug who was shot by officers while waving an 18-inch blade at them and later sued the department for $3 million got a $5,000 settlement from the city — even though his own attorney said the shooting was probably justified.
Ruhim Ullah, 24, had pleaded guilty to menacing a police officer after the 2010 confrontation, in which he was shot once in the leg by a cop trying to stop him from attacking ­officers with the machete, according to his lawyer.
Despite his admission of guilt, Ullah still filed a $3 million lawsuit, accusing the officers of wrongdoing.
But despite witnesses who described him as armed, the city offered a $5,000 settlement to get rid of the flimsy suit, despite the message their action sends — that crime, and potentially deadly force against cops, can pay."