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Jury awards $4 million to ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown
Associated Press ^ | Jan 9, 2018 5:05 PM EST

Posted on 01/09/2018 6:24:27 PM PST by Olog-hai

A Northern California jury awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages to a former leader of the Black Panthers who was injured after an Oakland councilwoman punched and pushed her during an argument over housing.

The jury found Oakland councilwoman Desley Brooks should pay $550,000 to Elaine Brown, who was injured after Brooks pushed her during a 2015 confrontation at a restaurant.

The same jury last month found that Brooks was acting as a city employee and decided Oakland should pay Brown $3.8 million in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. […]

The jury said the former Black Panther leader, who was 72 years old at the time of the assault, was the victim of elder abuse and battery. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: assault; blackpanthers; elainebrown; oakland
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1 posted on 01/09/2018 6:24:28 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Wasn’t she one of the black Panthers who helped murder Betty Van Patter? David Horowitz brought her in and talked a lot about her murder..Her brutal murder started Horowitz down the road into becoming a conservative...


2 posted on 01/09/2018 6:29:37 PM PST by Hambone 1934
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To: Olog-hai

Black pays black in black city in California. I’m perfectly fine with it


3 posted on 01/09/2018 6:30:42 PM PST by Lee25
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To: Olog-hai

I do not approve of what happened to this woman, but that is an absurd obscene jury award.

The perpetrator should have been jailed for a period of time, one to two years. She should have been required to pay all medical bills and a fine on top of that. The city did not participate in this.

The victim shouldn’t get more than $50-100k > IMO.


4 posted on 01/09/2018 6:30:55 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe it was a setup, and puncher and puncher are secretly splitting the pot.


5 posted on 01/09/2018 6:33:15 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Hambone 1934

Yes, Elaine Brown is a vile POS who was implicated in savage violence with the Black Panthers:

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1696


6 posted on 01/09/2018 6:34:46 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Punchee, I meant.


7 posted on 01/09/2018 6:35:00 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Lee25
I would agree with that a lot more, if juries across the nation weren't going to hear about it in some form before figuring out how much they will award in other cases.

Jurors don't seem to realize the community pays these awards.

Eh we'll screw da man!

No, you'll screw your community. There goes that new community center you folks wanted in a neighborhood near you.

Well, at least you'll see Elaine Brown with her walker a few more times before she goes toes up. That's just as good, right?

8 posted on 01/09/2018 6:37:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: Hambone 1934
I was just going to suggest that people read David Horowitz's opinion of Elaine Brown.

But the city of San Francesspool continues its love affair with the Black Panthers.

9 posted on 01/09/2018 6:39:53 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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Oakland!
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10 posted on 01/09/2018 6:40:39 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Hambone 1934

Is there such a thing as an “ex” black panther? Example...Rep Bobby Rush (D)


11 posted on 01/09/2018 6:48:47 PM PST by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: editor-surveyor

Same cesspool, different turd.


12 posted on 01/09/2018 6:48:49 PM PST by IronJack (A)
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To: Olog-hai
The Black Thug Lottery is alive and well...

Taxpayer free money.
wheeeeeeeee!

13 posted on 01/09/2018 6:49:02 PM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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To: DoughtyOne
Well, at least you'll see Elaine Brown with her walker a few more times before she goes toes up. That's just as good, right?

Unless she is mugged, robbed at home, or kidnapped for ransom in the meantime.

14 posted on 01/09/2018 6:54:04 PM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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Yes, then there’s that too.

Agreed.


15 posted on 01/09/2018 6:57:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell, Ryan, and the whole GOPe are dead to me. Are Alabamans tired of winning?)
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To: IronJack

Gimme-dat...... #metoo


16 posted on 01/09/2018 7:04:18 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: Olog-hai

What the heck, you can always raise taxes to pay off ridiculous lawsuits. Taxpayers have a lot of money so get in line, break the law and get in on the lawsuit lottery.


17 posted on 01/09/2018 7:24:27 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Hambone 1934
"Wasn’t she one of the black Panthers who helped murder Betty Van Patter? David Horowitz brought her in and talked a lot about her murder..Her brutal murder started Horowitz down the road into becoming a conservative..."

All details contained within Horowitz's excellent book: Radical Son

Elaine Brown should have been put down decades ago.

18 posted on 01/09/2018 8:31:46 PM PST by blam
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To: Olog-hai
A Northern California jury

Of course.

19 posted on 01/09/2018 8:44:27 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Lee25

White taxpayers will get billed for this.


20 posted on 01/09/2018 8:46:51 PM PST by ChuteTheMall (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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