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Appeals Court Reduces $500,000 Police Brutality Award

Plaintiffs who were arrested and assaulted by police have their damages
reduced in an example of the Fourth Circuit's knee-jerk hostility to civil
rights plaintiffs. The jury had awarded the plaintiffs $500,000 in damages
for their injuries. The appeals court reduced damages to $300,000 and
upheld an unspecified attorney fee ...

 

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