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Civil Rights

Apr. 16, 2008

Jury Awards $4.5 Million in Police Brutality Case

A federal jury in Los Angeles returned a $4.5 million verdict against five Bell Gardens police officers who allegedly beat two Hispanic men and then lied about it an attempt to convict the men of criminal charges.

By Nicolas Taborek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 2

      LOS ANGELES - A federal jury in Los Angeles returned a $4.5 million verdict against five Bell Gardens police officers, who allegedly beat two Hispanic men and then lied about it an attempt to convict them of criminal charges.
      The panel awarded Gerardo Cazares and his father in-law, Manuel Moreno, $3.2 mill...

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