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DETROIT, MI -- The city paid out $120,000 -- $60,000 apiece -- to two men involved in a fist fight with police in 2013, according to Michael M. Muller with the Detroit Law Department.

It was a "full and fair" settlement, Muller said.

Naibon Miller, 28, and Tywonn Mitchell, 23, spent three days in jail following the videotaped altercation with two Detroit police officers inside a Coney Island restaurant in May 2013.

They were each charged with felony resisting or assaulting a police officer.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy dismissed those charges in September 2013 after reviewing the case.

"The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office reviewed the facts of the case and it was dismissed in the best interests of justice," Maria Miller said, spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office.

Video footage of the incident showed the men entering a Detroit Coney Island and being followed in by two police officers.

An officer is seen initiating contact with one of the men by poking him in the chest. The man swipes away the officer's hands and the officer immediately throws the first punch, making contact with both Miller and Mitchell.

A flurry of punches are then exchanged before the commotion settles and the men are arrested.

The men filed a civil lawsuit in March 2015, according to Wayne County Circuit Court records. The defendants were Frank Marek, Endrit Fjolla, a Sgt. Becker -- presumably the officers' supervisor, and the city of Detroit.

Muller said neither of the officers are currently employed with the Detroit Police Department, although he believes they are working for agencies in the Metro Detroit area.

Muller said the city reached a settlement with the men prior to Christmas 2015.

MLive contacted the clerk for Detroit City Council as well as Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones' office, but neither could confirm when the settlement was approved.

Herbert A. Sanders, the attorney for the plaintiffs, couldn't immediately be reached for comment Monday morning.