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   Vol. 71/No. 1           January 8, 2007  
 
 
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Police brutality
Two items about police brutality appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle November 29. The paper reports that Oakland police are being sued for $10 million by two individuals standing at a car wash after three cops fired 26 rounds "à la Hollywood action movie-style" without giving "adequate consideration to the obvious danger (posed by) their rash decision," the Chronicle quotes the suit as saying.

Also, the Los Angeles City Council approved a $450,000 settlement for Stanley Miller, who cops claimed was a car thief. Miller was arrested after a police pursuit and then severely beaten with a metal flashlight by officer Joe Hatfield. The Los Angeles District Attorney, however, declined to file criminal charges against Hatfield, citing lack of evidence!

Milton Chee
San Francisco, California
 
 
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