O.C. jury gives 'historic' win to Black Lives Matter protestor in lawsuit over attack by L.A. police
The trial was held in Orange County instead of Los Angeles after the case was transferred to U.S. District Judge Fred Slaughter after his appointment in 2022.
A jury’s $375,000 award to a protestor shot by Los Angeles police with rubber bullets was hailed as historic because it’s the first verdict stemming from the police response to the protests over George Floyd’s murder in May 2020.
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