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    From RichD@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 16:31:34 2022
    About a year ago, in Palo Alto, a man was beaten by
    police, severely. Currently, a brutality suit is in mediation,
    or arbitration, or whatever.

    Evidently, he was known to the cops, on their radar,
    they were looking for an excuse to smack him. His
    case looks pretty strong, their excuses for their
    contact and behavior are lame. It does look like a gang beating.

    Last week, this moron was bagged for residential burglary.

    Now, a question: do these two cases interact?
    That is, while the city and police department defend
    their suit, can they use this to their advantage?
    (assuming he's guilty)

    --
    Rich

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 23 21:30:01 2022
    According to RichD <[email protected]>:
    About a year ago, in Palo Alto, a man was beaten by
    police, severely. Currently, a brutality suit is in mediation,
    or arbitration, or whatever. ...

    Last week, this moron was bagged for residential burglary.

    Now, a question: do these two cases interact?

    I don't see how. "He is a bad guy", even if true, does not give the
    cops or anyone else a pass to beat someone up.

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  • From Barry Gold@21:1/5 to RichD on Sat Apr 23 21:29:31 2022
    On 4/23/2022 4:31 PM, RichD wrote:
    About a year ago, in Palo Alto, a man was beaten by
    police, severely. Currently, a brutality suit is in mediation,
    or arbitration, or whatever.

    Evidently, he was known to the cops, on their radar,
    they were looking for an excuse to smack him. His
    case looks pretty strong, their excuses for their
    contact and behavior are lame. It does look like a gang beating.

    Last week, this moron was bagged for residential burglary.

    Now, a question: do these two cases interact?
    That is, while the city and police department defend
    their suit, can they use this to their advantage?
    (assuming he's guilty)

    They can use it in the "court of public opinion". But when it comes to
    his personal injury case, the burglary charges (and they are ONLY
    charges at this point) won't be admissible.

    --
    I do so have a memory. It's backed up on DVD... somewhere...

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  • From Rick@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 24 21:57:36 2022
    "RichD" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

    About a year ago, in Palo Alto, a man was beaten by
    police, severely. Currently, a brutality suit is in mediation,
    or arbitration, or whatever.

    Evidently, he was known to the cops, on their radar,
    they were looking for an excuse to smack him. His
    case looks pretty strong, their excuses for their
    contact and behavior are lame. It does look like a gang beating.

    Last week, this moron was bagged for residential burglary.

    Now, a question: do these two cases interact?
    That is, while the city and police department defend
    their suit, can they use this to their advantage?
    (assuming he's guilty)

    --
    Rich

    If he has been convicted of the burglary, then that would affect his credibility if his case against the cops for the beating is dependent on his own eyewitness testimony. That is, if it's his word against the cops with
    no other evidence, then a recent felony would definitely be relevant. But
    if there is other evidence against the cops such as other credible
    witnesses, videos, etc., then I don't see how his own conviction on the
    felony would have much effect. And if he has only been charged in the
    burglary case but not yet convicted, then I don't think that would carry
    that much weight.

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