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Jury Awards $765,000 for Injury During a Riot
The Tucson Citizen ^
| May 6, 2003
| DAVID L. TEIBEL
Posted on 05/06/2003 6:06:46 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:37:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The then-19-year-old UA freshman who lost his eye from damage by a 'less-lethal' police round says he's happy the city was found 'more at fault than me.'
A jury awarded $765,000 to a former University of Arizona student who lost an eye when he was hit by a police beanbag round during the April 2001 riot on Fourth Avenue.
(Excerpt) Read more at tucsoncitizen.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jury
To: FreedomCalls
Great! They paid this rotten little maggot for acting out in a riot and getting popped for it. Makes me sick.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:09:16 PM PDT
by
Thorondir
To: FreedomCalls
That's what happens when the police use "less that lethal force." Next time, they will use .40 cal hollowpoints.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:10:02 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
Great.
Now we can riot, get injured by policemen, and get paid for it.
What a country.
L
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:12:29 PM PDT
by
Lurker
("One man of reason and goodwill is worth more, actually and potentially, than a million fools" AR)
To: FreedomCalls
These ought to work just fine next time:
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:13:35 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
OK - let me get this straight - the thug participated in a riot, causes who-knows how much damage to property, and is shot with a "non-lethal" weapon in an attempt to bring the riot under control - that he was a willing participant in, mind you -=
And the fill get's 3/4 of a million bucks for his trouble?
Maybe the cops should have used lethal force????
Hello - any one heard of "personal responsibility"? This fellow brought the whole thing down on himself by participating in the riot. He deserved what he got. Now when he sees another riot starting, instead of thinking about a beanbag to the eye, he's going to see $$$ flash before his remaining eye.... He'll just remember to turn his head and close his eye...
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:13:39 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(You can Tune a Piano, but you can't Tuna Fish.....)
To: TheBattman
"It gets ugly and violent, he stays. It gets uglier and more violent, he stays."
As the police line advanced, officers clapped batons against riot shields, rolled "sting-ball" grenades that exploded loudly and fired aerial diversion devices, similar to flares, into the air, all of which Audilett said were "clues" it was time to leave.
"He stayed longer than he should have, he stayed after his friends left ...
"I think he shouldn't have been there," A riot is not a spectator sport. If you stick around in the face of an advancing line of policemen in riot gear who are tossing flashbangs towards you, you deserve what you get.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:20:35 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
"There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society that harms them...i.e. criminals" A great Historian 1888
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:25:34 PM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(Further, the statement assumed)
To: FreedomCalls
Rabid animals should be put down!
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:29:16 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(The difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin!)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: TheBattman
I feel more and more like I'm trapped in Atlas Shrugged? Anybody?
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:33:05 PM PDT
by
breakem
To: FreedomCalls
If FReeper visits his city, Jeffrey says he'll keep an eye out for you.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:33:20 PM PDT
by
doug from upland
(my dogs ran from the room when they heard Hillary shrieking on the radio)
To: FreedomCalls
"Despite getting less than half that amount for his client, Piccarreta said, "I'm pleased and relieved." "I think it was a fair verdict. It's not a windfall. It's in that reasonable area," he said." Makes me wonder just what he would consider a windfall. Sick, sick, sick.
To: FreedomCalls
Wrongful death is cheaper than a debilitating injury.
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posted on
05/06/2003 6:36:05 PM PDT
by
July 4th
To: FreedomCalls
First, I feel awful this person lost sight in one eye. That's not a fate I'd wish on anyone. Personally, I think the judgment was too high considering the student's responsibility in the matter. As soon as the police were involved, he should have hightailed it out of there. Engaging in illegal protests which block streets, taunting and provoking law enforcement, and sticking around when the cops using non-lethal force might be exhillirating- but it has consequences too. One juror said the judgment should have been around $100K. I think that sounds about right.
To: Think free or die
howdy...
there is a bit more background info from tucson...
just to set the stage...
the radio announced this swine'e "not a windfall" at the same time the mayor (a putative republican) voted in a tie-breaker to extend tuscon city sales taxes for big ticket items... beyond the city limits....it would amount to roughly $800.00 added to the price of a new jeep....bought by people who do not live in the city (and do not have the financial foresight to riot)and not bought in the city...
the juxtaposition with the neecker..or pecker.. whatever his name is...
i cannot SEE how this fellow can look himself in the face.... but then again... perhaps it is a vestigial form of justive that he CANNOT....
l5
To: breakem
Who is John Galt?
To: GeorgeWBiscuit
I not sure I have the state right, but aren't we meeting in Colorado?
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posted on
05/06/2003 8:40:49 PM PDT
by
breakem
To: Think free or die
And I might ask "How much did Johnny (the lawyer) get in this.. My kin are TPD officers in Tucson and they were worried that had this really gotten out of hand, a lot of folks would be in the ground.
Too much beer + stupid college kids = a lot a trouble.
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posted on
05/06/2003 9:12:37 PM PDT
by
ASOC
To: breakem
Absolutely. Just look for Wyatt's torch. What is sad is the more you think of it, the more that book becomes prophetic. I am guessing 30 years tops. Oh well, enjoy the present.
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