Michael Macor

The city of Oakland was expected Tuesday to agree to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by three people who said police used excessive force while arresting them on Interstate 880 during a 2010 protest against state education cuts.

Timothy Simons, Kristen Snelling and Amber Thomas said in their suit filed in Alameda County Superior Court that they weren’t resisting when Oakland police decided to “unleash gratuitous and excessive force” while arresting them on March 4, 2010, on I-880 near Broadway in the city’s downtown.