O.C. jury sides with trucker in lawsuit over 2019 arrest by San Bernardino deputies

County supervisors voted Tuesday to settle the case for $500,000 after a jury found against the deputy on nearly everything.

Tommy Franks, Jr., and his semi-truck. (Photo via Jerry Steering)

A federal jury in Santa Ana, California, recently returned an unusual verdict: They sided with the plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit brought against law enforcement officers.

It’s happened in Orange County before, but the jury pool in the so-called Orange Curtain has a reputation as an u…