Cops Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Autistic Black Man Awarded Nearly $2 Million Dollars Each

[KamaAina]

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/03/cops-autistic-black-man-awarded-nearly-2-million-dollars-each/

Almost unbelievably, a jury just awarded two Los Angeles police officers nearly 4 million dollars. The two had shot and killed an unarmed, autistic African American man back in 2010.

A lawsuit had been filed by both Officer George Diego and Officer Allan Corrales, against their department. They claimed that they were “discriminated” against after shooting Steven Eugene Washington....

Chief Charlie Beck said that the idea that the two were placed on desk duty because they are Latino – as the suit alleges – is preposterous. They were, instead, placed on desk duty because they shot an innocent, unarmed man – an African American man at that, he added. This made them a potential liability, and that alone accounted for the desk duty, not anti-Latino racism....

The 27-year-old man with autism was killed on March 20, 2010 for nothing more than that “blank stare,” according to an internal investigation report. They said that this look indicated “suspicious activity.”

[99th_Monkey]

1. Let me guess. The Judge was a Bush appointee.

Make no mistake about it, this once-great nation is now a police state,
which may be an understatement.

[KamaAina]

2. It appears to have been a jury trial.

[catrose]

4. A majority of 12 Californians thought it was okay to kill an unarmed autistic man?

We are so screwed.

[KamaAina]

6. You left out "black".

[valerief]

3. The best justice money can buy. nt

[99th_Monkey]

5. Now-a-daze it seems it's ALL about the money, ALL the time. No exceptions. :( -nt-

[surrealAmerican]

7. They must have been able to prove ...

... that, had they been white cops who had just killed an unarmed man, there would have been no consequences at all.

[Downwinder]

9. If they had been white they would get a paid vacation,

not desk duty.

[uponit7771]

8. SEE!!! SEE!! People thought I was being sardonic !! No, these officers will get medals!! They will g

..get time off and a couple of million

[Catherine Vincent]

10. $4 Million

What they both should do now is give half of their winnings to the victim's family.