[Modernman]

Looking up the articles on Google, they were found not guilty on the pistol whiping charge as the illegals kept changing their story.

There's a different standard of proof in civil trials. OJ was found not guilty, but he still lost in the civil trial.

And, the defendants settled here, so they probably felt that the plaintiffs had a good case.

[Dead Corpse]

Or did the settle because they just didn't have the cash to continue fighting? A $1.3 million judgement and further pending actions isn't an easy hurdle to overcome.

[moehoward]

Or higher priced hired guns. They only went after those with assets.

This was nothing but a money grab by the SPLC who will undoubtedly end up with the the majority of the proceeds from this properties sale.