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Trying to get rich quick when your Black relative gets shot by White cops doesn't always work out!
https://downtrend.com/71superb/jury-awards-4-to-family-of-black-man-killed-by-white-cops/
Excerpt: "Hill’s family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit that asked jurors to decide if his Constitutional rights had been violated and to award appropriate damages. Here’s what the jury came up with:
Last week, the jurors delivered their verdict. Deputy Newman had not used excessive force, they concluded, but the St. Lucie County sheriff, Ken Mascara, had been ever so slightly negligent given Deputy Newman’s actions. The jury awarded $4 in damages: $1 for funeral expenses and $1 for each child’s loss.
But wait, it gets funnier:
Because jurors also found that the sheriff’s office was only 1 percent at fault in the death, that award was reduced to four cents. And furthermore, because jurors found that Mr. Hill was intoxicated and mostly to blame for the shooting, a lawyer for his family said Tuesday that a judge would reduce the four-cent award to nothing.
There are many ways a jury can tell plaintiffs that their frivolous lawsuits are garbage and this is one of them. What this judgement says is that threatening law enforcement officers is not a “get rich quick” scheme. There is no reward for pointing a gun at cops."
https://downtrend.com/71superb/jury-awards-4-to-family-of-black-man-killed-by-white-cops/
Excerpt: "Hill’s family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit that asked jurors to decide if his Constitutional rights had been violated and to award appropriate damages. Here’s what the jury came up with:
Last week, the jurors delivered their verdict. Deputy Newman had not used excessive force, they concluded, but the St. Lucie County sheriff, Ken Mascara, had been ever so slightly negligent given Deputy Newman’s actions. The jury awarded $4 in damages: $1 for funeral expenses and $1 for each child’s loss.
But wait, it gets funnier:
Because jurors also found that the sheriff’s office was only 1 percent at fault in the death, that award was reduced to four cents. And furthermore, because jurors found that Mr. Hill was intoxicated and mostly to blame for the shooting, a lawyer for his family said Tuesday that a judge would reduce the four-cent award to nothing.
There are many ways a jury can tell plaintiffs that their frivolous lawsuits are garbage and this is one of them. What this judgement says is that threatening law enforcement officers is not a “get rich quick” scheme. There is no reward for pointing a gun at cops."