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Civil Rights

Dec. 9, 2003

Family Sues Officer Who Shot Vietnamese Immigrant

Although a grand jury decided not to indict him for criminal misconduct, the actions of a San Jose police officer who shot to death a woman wielding a large vegetable peeler are now the subject of a civil suit.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
        Although a grand jury decided not to indict him for criminal misconduct, the actions of a San Jose police officer who shot to death a woman wielding a large vegetable peeler are now the subject of a civil suit.
        "He is 'guilty' of using excessive force, which is not necessarily a criminal act but one that, in my op...

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