Officer who beat boy gets $1.6m

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190965.stm

A US policeman who was filmed punching a black youth and slamming him against a car has been awarded $1.6m (£890,000) in a race discrimination case.

Jeremy Morse, who was sacked by the Los Angeles police over the incident, said he had been treated more harshly than a black officer who was also there.

A second white officer was awarded $811,000 (£450,000) damages.

Inglewood Police Chief Ronald Banks, who had disciplined the officers, called the awards "ridiculous".

Mr Morse was caught on camera in July 2002 as he arrested 16-year-old Donovan Jackson at a petrol station in Inglewood


Only in America :rolleyes:

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WTH? You win money for beating up people of a different race?!? How racist can a country get?!

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Red Squirrel wrote: WTH?  You win money for beating up people of a different race?!?  How racist can a country get?!
Not country, city <_<

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haha good point.

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I remember that incident....

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