In a case with similarities to Freddie Gray’s alleged mistreatment by Baltimore police, a woman who said she was given a “rough ride” by officers is set to receive $100,000 from city taxpayers.

Cierra Brooks said she was waiting for a ride outside a Mt. Vernon nightclub on August 21, 2012, when officers threw her to the ground, dragged her along the street and tossed her into a police van.

She said she was not secured in a seatbelt and sustained injuries while being driven to the city jail.

The Board of Estimates is set tomorrow to pay $100,000 to settle her lawsuit, which was filed by attorney William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr.

Murphy represented the family of Freddie Gray, who died in April 2015 after suffering a spinal injury that prosecutors said took place inside a police van, an incident that sparked days of protest and a night of rioting in Baltimore.

The Brooks case was filed last August, shortly before the Board of Estimates agreed to pay the Gray family $6.4 million to settle a suit that had yet to be filed.

According to a brief account contained in the board’s agenda, police were called to Eden’s Lounge after a fight broke out at closing time.

Officer Abdulsalam W. Ajikobi, a three-year police veteran, encountered Brooks as he and other officers were attempting to clear the area.

“The situation escalated and resulted in the arrest of the Plaintiff,” the account said.

Murphy filed a $7 million lawsuit on behalf of Brooks, alleging battery, false arrest and “negligent hiring, training and supervision” of Ajikobi and a second “unknown Baltimore City police officer.”

Gag Order

As part of tomorrow’s settlement, Brooks is not permitted to discuss her case with news organizations or write about it in social media on pain of having her settlement funds reduced or revoked by the city.

Last October, the Board of Estimates settled another rough ride for $95,000 case.

This involved a North Baltimore woman who said she was assaulted by officers responding to a noise complaint and got involved in a shouting match with her boyfriend.

When she tried to calm the situation, she said, two officers threw her to the ground, handcuffed her in a van and “drove manically” to the police station, causing her injuries and brief hospitalization.

In the Brooks case, the spending board said it is settling the lawsuit “because of conflicting factual issues and given the uncertainties and unpredictability of jury verdicts.”