Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis said Friday that he has decided taxpayers should cover the damages that five officers faced paying personally after a jury concluded they acted with malice in a 2013 arrest.

In August, a jury awarded $40,000 in punitive damages against the officers. Davis had earlier this week said the city is not required to cover that award but that he was reviewing the case.

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