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'Black Lives Don't Matter,' Lawyer Says As Jury Awards $4 In Police Killing by NOETHNICITY(m): 7:50am On Jun 01, 2018
(CNN) - A Florida family is "heartbroken" after a jury awarded $4 in damages for funeral expenses and pain and suffering in a case in which a St. Lucie County deputy fatally shot a father of three through his garage door, the family's attorney said Thursday.

Deputy Christopher Newman killed Gregory Hill Jr., 30, in 2014 after a mother picking up her child at a school across the street called in a noise complaint.

Newman and another deputy responded to Hill's home, Hill partially opened the garage door, closed it and Newman fired four times, hitting Hill three times, including once in the head, according to court and police records.

No charges were filed against Newman, who said he shot Hill because he brandished a handgun. Hill's mother, Viola Bryant, filed a lawsuit against Newman and Sheriff Ken Mascara, alleging wrongful death, negligence, excessive force and violations of Hill's 14th and 15th Amendment rights.

Bryant also accused a SWAT team that responded to the scene of firing so much tear gas and causing so much damage to Hill's one-story home that no one can live in it now.

Complete story here https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/us/florida-police-shooting-four-dollar-jury-award-gregory-hill/index.html

Re: 'Black Lives Don't Matter,' Lawyer Says As Jury Awards $4 In Police Killing by NOETHNICITY(m): 7:52am On Jun 01, 2018
Thought gullible Nigerians say there are no police brutality in the USA
In the USA if a police officer tells you to turn around and raise up ur hands, he can shoot without being penalized if you don't obey.
Yet, if a police officer does that in Nigeria he S definitely going to jail
I do think Nigeria police, considering the circumstances, is grossly underrated

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