A recent Baltimore Sun investigation revealed that Baltimoreans have suffered broken bones and battered faces during arrests, and the city has paid $5.7 million in court judgments and settlements in 102 civil suits alleging police brutality since 2011. Most of the victims were African-American, and some said officers used racial epithets or showed other signs of bias. Nearly all of the victims in incidents that sparked the lawsuits were cleared of criminal charges.