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-Outlaw Frog Raper- wrote in message <3685f03c.85176907@news.cityusa.net>...
>Jury Finds for Fleeing Suspect
>
>
>     DENVER (AP) -- A federal jury awarded $500,000 to the estate of a
>man killed
>     when police pumped 25 shots into his car as he fled a bar fight.
>
>     Jurors on Thursday said two officers involved in the shooting of
>Jeffrey Truax in March
>     1996 used excessive force and violated his constitutional rights,
>but they said he wasn't
>     wrongfully killed because the officers' behavior wasn't ``willful
>and wanton.''
>
>     ``It's a split decision. ... At first blush, there could appear
>to be an inconsistency in
>     that,'' said the officers' lawyer, Ted Halaby. He said he will
>appeal.
>
>     Officers Kenneth Chavez and Andrew Clarry were off-duty and
>working security at
>     the now-closed club 1082 Broadway when they were summoned to
>break up a fight
>     between Truax, three of his friends and two strangers outside,
>according to testimony.
>
>     Chavez fired into Truax's Acura Legend out of fear that Truax was
>about to run over
>     Clarry, who was in front of the car, Halaby said. Chavez fired
>the shot that killed
>     Truax, and he and Clarry fired a total of 25 shots into the car.
>Scott Ferguson, who
>     was in the car with Truax, was injured in the shooting.
>
>     The officers were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, and Halaby
>said the two
>     officers have been returned to duty on the police force.
>
>     The lawsuit, filed by Truax's parents, said the officers were not
>in any immediate
>     danger and shot Truax in anger. The suit had sought unspecified
>damages.
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