Their jury hats...
I thought it was $4 .... but in any case cops always win. Remember when cops went to the wrong house and threw in a flash bang that injured a child in a crib? They got away with that one as well.
I find it a bit dubious and would like to know the racial makeup of the jury and their thinking. Why not deny any culpability and monetary reward rather than a token amount that sends a message of some culpability but it’s irrelevant or ‘we don’t really care’.
Any good links to the details of the police action in question?
Drunk, waving a gun, and I assume to be hard of hearing (re: noise complaint) are a deadly combination when a cop is shouting “put down that gun”. What could go wrong!
Ouch. That’s harsh.
Possibly the jury was sending a very subtle message?
From your link:
‘A little food for thought: the guy is on his own property, and he was even inside his own house when they shot him. They also did not know for sure that nobody else came into the garage after he shut the door, so they could have shot one of the kids for all they know. It seems rash to me, and then to award them $.04 when the man of the family (despite how bad) was killed is pretty sad. I have a huge issue with cops coming on your property and shooting you if you are not directly threatening them. If you say well, they knew he had a gun so they shot through the door. Think about that. So if a cop comes to your house for a call and they know you have a gun (registered weapon) can they then just shoot through the front door or a window because they knew you had a gun??? I am really tired of cops getting to kill people on their own property without any real consequences. Apparently a jury thought otherwise.’
4 cents. Yeah that will make race relations better.
The black crime statistic becomes even more glaring when you consider black males make up about 6-7% of the total population but commit probably 90% of those crimes attributed to blacks. Black lives only matter when power and/or money can be gained from exploiting them. Hence, black killing black means nothing to the black establishment.
WHAT??!!?
The Onion changed its name to IWB?
Or is CNN doing the fakie news thing again?
The lawyers get a lot more.
Could have been $3.50, I suppose.
I’m guessing that if black commit 55% of violent crimes and Hispanics are counted as white, but make up a larger population than blacks, then whites probably commit under 20% of violent crimes, conservatively.