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Re: - Cops Must Pay For Excessive Force $500,000 -

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From: - John McGuire
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 00:00
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> Please take this to co.politics and leave it there.  Thanks.
> 
> -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.
> >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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From: "- John McGuire" <john@no.mo>
Subject: Re: - Cops Must Pay For Excessive Force  $500,000 -
Date: 1998/12/09
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