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<snore>  What, you again?  There's $10 on the dresser.  Now get out, I'm trying
to get some sleep <snore>.

- John McGuire wrote in message <01be23a6$693b7480$42438dd1@root>...
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>Or how about you take yourself to:
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>larrymcwhiney.byhimself.alone
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>Then you'll only see the content you like ...
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>> Please take this to co.politics and leave it there.  Thanks.
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>> -Outlaw Frog Raper- wrote in message <3685f03c.85176907@news.cityusa.net>...
>> >Jury Finds for Fleeing Suspect
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>> >     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.
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>> >     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.''
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>> >     ``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.
>> >Reposting and/or crossposting this article would
>> >help a great deal. The spam police have overstepped
>> >their purpose. This is not spam. They only wish to
>> >silence me. Thank you, - OFR -
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