Posted on 07/17/2014 6:46:42 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
New York jury awards shoplifter $500,000 for broken ankle suffered during arrest
NEW YORK A Brooklyn jury has awarded more than $500,000 to a man who sued the city for a broken ankle he suffered during an arrest for shoplifting.
The jury awarded Kevin Jarman $510,000 on Wednesday for the injury.
The 50-year-old Jarman had filed the suit after pleading guilty to shoplifting at a Queens Pathmark in 2011.
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After all, the criminal was just taking what was rightfully his from an evil oppressive corporation.
It's not always a scumbag new Yorker - sometimes it's scumbag NY cops with vendettas
either might be the case in this story
A lot of jurors do support theft in such situations.
Hopping the next train to Brooklyn.....
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