@Regrann from @thehushreport-A federal #jury has awarded $15 million in damages to an #offduty #

@Regrann from @thehushreport - A federal #jury has awarded $15 million in damages to an #offduty #NYPD officer who was beaten up & pepper-sprayed inside his own home by fellow #cops. His lawyer said the ex-#officer was mistaken for an offender due to #racialbias.#LarryJackson, a 45 y/o black off-duty #police officer, was holding his daughter’s birthday party outside his home in #Queens in 2010. In the middle of the party, a dispute between some of the guests broke out, forcing Jackson’s wife to call 911. When police arrived, they mistook Jackson for one of the troublemakers. He was beaten up with batons, pepper-sprayed in his face & had his hand fractured, despite his repeated attempts to tell the police he was a member of the NYPD. But his #protests were ignored, acc to the complaint.Jackson was then handcuffed & taken to a police station even after officers found his NYPD shield, which had been in his front pocket the whole time.His suit, filed in 2011, says that his #shooting hand was so severely injured that he might be forced to retire from #lawenforcement. Jackson & his attorney, Eric Sanders, believed Jackson was treated by the police with #excessiveforce because he is black.The Queens DA investigated Jackson’s claims that his fellow officers used excessive force, but found no #wrongdoing.The jury awarded $12.5 mil in damages for the false #arrest & use of excessive force, along with $2.6 mil in punitive damages.The Queens DA’s Office declined to prosecute the arresting officers following an investigation. The city’s Law Dept called the verdict “excessive,” & said it may still be overturned. “Nothing is final. Indeed, the judge’s post-trial review could lead to the #verdict being set aside or a new #trial,” the city Law Department said in a statement to the newspaper.#HushReport #copsareterrorists #blacklivesmatter #endpoliceterrorism #blukluxklan #policeterrorism #policestate #injusticesystem #SayHisName #policebrutality #racism #amerikkka #amerikkkanterrorism -- source link

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