Officer who beat boy gets $1.6m - Democratic Underground

psychopomp

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Thu Jan-20-05 08:10 PM
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Officer who beat boy gets $1.6m

BBC NEWS | Americas | Officer who beat boy gets $1.6m

Donovan Jackson was grabbed and slammed against a car bonnet
A US policeman who was filmed punching a black youth and slamming him against a car has been awarded $1.6m (£890,000) in a race discrimination case.

Jeremy Morse, who was sacked by the Los Angeles police over the incident, said he had been treated more harshly than a black officer who was also there.

A second white officer was awarded $811,000 (£450,000) damages.

Inglewood Police Chief Ronald Banks, who had disciplined the officers, called the awards "ridiculous".

Mr Morse was caught on camera in July 2002 as he arrested 16-year-old Donovan Jackson at a petrol station in Inglewood...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190965.stm

Is this award "justice?"

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yinkaafrica

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Thu Jan-20-05 08:14 PM
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1. Justice would have been prison time , not money

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Thu Jan-20-05 08:14 PM
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2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1168389

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