{"id":27799,"date":"2016-11-07T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27799"},"modified":"2016-11-07T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T22:01:06","slug":"37m-awarded-in-mich-police-beating-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=27799","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY:   $37M awarded in Mich. police beating caught on camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><ins datetime=\"2016-11-07T21:37:20+00:00\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USA TODAY - Embed Player\" src=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/embed\/93368916\/?fullsite=true\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>DETROIT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span class=\"asset-metabar-usat-network\">USA TODAY <span class=\"asset-metabar-usat-network-blue\">NETWORK\/<\/span><\/span><span class=\"asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item\">Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The case\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.freep.com\/2ftzH2V\">started off as a drunken-driving arrest<\/a> with a\u00a0pat down, handcuffs, routine questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5744 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/USA-TODAY-Logo-e1409094813137.jpg\" alt=\"USA TODAY Logo\" width=\"180\" height=\"177\" \/>But things got ugly fast in the Genesee County jailhouse in Flint, Mich., that night: The suspect was allegedly beaten, dragged to the floor, had his face smashed into a cement wall and was tied down with a bag over his face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A jailhouse camera captured it all, which didn&#8217;t bode well for the officers involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In U.S. District Court here last week, a federal jury responded to the graphic videotape with a jaw-dropping $36.6-million verdict rarely seen in this area. The verdict not only sought to make the victim whole but sends a message to law enforcement everywhere that excessive force cannot be tolerated, lawyers said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The facts must have been so hellacious, so egregious, that the jury felt compelled to send a strong message,&#8221; said Detroit lawyer Joel Sklar, who was not involved in the case but who has covered hundreds of police brutality lawsuits and never received a verdict anywhere near that size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;To get those kind of verdicts, jurors have to be so angry and so upset with the defendants that they go beyond just saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to make the plaintiff whole. I&#8217;m going to let it be known to everyone that whatever happened here, this conduct will be punished by the public,&#8217; Sklar said. &#8220;And the jurors represent the public in this instance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-PeppuxR5dGg\" class=\"story-asset pullquote-asset\">\n<aside class=\"pull-quote\">\n<p class=\"pull-quote-item\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cTo get those kind of verdicts, jurors have to be so angry and so upset with the defendants that they go beyond just saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m going to make the plaintiff whole. I&#8217;m going to let it be known to everyone that whatever happened here, this conduct will be punished.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The case involves William Jennings, 42, of Flint Township, Mich., who sued five Genesee County sheriff&#8217;s officers for alleged excessive force following a drunken-driving arrest in 2010. More than half of the verdict came in the form of punitive damages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Defense lawyer Christopher Scott, who is part of the legal team that represented the officers, said he plans to ask the court to set aside the verdict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Additionally, an appeal will be undertaken, if needed, as the verdict is not supported by the law or facts,&#8221; Scott said in an e-mail to the <em>Free Press<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Scott did not elaborate. At trial and in court documents, the defense has argued that Jennings was &#8220;admittedly drunk&#8221; and &#8220;non-compliant, resistant and combative during the booking process.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On the night of his arrest, Jennings was pulled over &#8220;during an investigation that indicated&#8221; he fired a gun in a fight at a Flint bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The force and maneuvers utilized were appropriate to control the situation,&#8221; the defense argued in court documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But the other side adamantly disagreed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;They attacked him in the jail. Then they handcuffed him and continued to assault him, smashing his face into the wall,&#8221; said Dean Elliott, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit. &#8220;They took him into a safety cell &#8230; covered his mouth, Tasered him and put a bag over his head and tied him down.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Elliott said he was expecting a large verdict\u00a0but admits he was surprised by the nearly $37 million award.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-PeppuxRIK-Y\" class=\"story-asset oembed-asset\">\n<div class=\"story-oembed-wrap \">\n<div class=\"js-oembed story-oembed story-oembed-usa-today story-oembed-type-link\" data-oembed-type=\"link\" data-oembed-provider=\"usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-link-thumbnail\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/86ff23cc8aa19be18eafd3fd5f74b42e973688d4\/c=747-0-2747-2000\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/08\/14\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636067697558892621-AP-BODYCAM-RESISTANCE-84259602.JPG\" \/>\u00a0&#8220;I think that the jurors were sending a message to the sheriff that these kinds of actions cannot go on,&#8221; Elliott said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The case was tried before veteran U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn, who has the authority to set aside the verdict\u00a0or reduce it because he finds it is excessive. \u00a0The defense also could\u00a0appeal to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, which could decide the award is excessive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While large verdicts in civil cases are often challenged, there&#8217;s no reason to believe that this one won&#8217;t stick just because of its size, said Bill Swor, a prominent Detroit defense lawyer not involved in the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-PeppuxTgQCk\" class=\"story-asset oembed-asset\">\n<div class=\"story-oembed-wrap \">\n<div class=\"js-oembed story-oembed story-oembed-usa-today story-oembed-type-link\" data-oembed-type=\"link\" data-oembed-provider=\"usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-link-thumbnail\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/cfb359f1e7c48a3b1cf3a39b8a9dd68cc0d1077f\/c=473-0-2528-2055\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/08\/08\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636062755866203676-GTY-483538262.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"oembed-link-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0&#8220;There&#8217;s no question that the judge will take a hard look at this verdict,&#8221; Swor said. &#8220;I suspect the judge may look at the conduct, review the evidence to see whether the jury was being a renegade jury\u00a0or whether the jury was outraged.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Given the times and the public outrage over excessive police force, Swor said the jury likely was sending a message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The jury must have had a reason for picking that number. What may appear to the average person to be an extraordinary verdict may in the jury&#8217;s eyes be entirely justified,&#8221; he said. &#8220;People are sensitive to this.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"module-position-Peppuxj6aqo\" class=\"story-asset oembed-asset\">\n<div class=\"story-oembed-wrap \">\n<div class=\"js-oembed story-oembed story-oembed-usa-today story-oembed-type-link\" data-oembed-type=\"link\" data-oembed-provider=\"usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-asset oembed-asset-link oembed-asset-usa-today\">\n<div class=\"oembed-link-thumbnail\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558\/r=300\/http\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/e4f45ff3ced754d33e75058fcc067f09ffb0c0b2\/c=1046-1205-5450-5609\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/07\/19\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636045377230287441-071918hate-cops-billboard-sm.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"oembed-link-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8216;Hate cops?&#8217; billboard prompts controversy in Indiana<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Across the country, verdicts in police-brutality lawsuits range from tens of thousands of dollars to tens of millions of dollars.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On the higher end, a jury in Chicago awarded a $28 million verdict in a 1999 police brutality case that involved two police officers who beat\u00a0a man into a coma who also became paralyzed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In 1992, the City of Detroit paid $5.2 million to the family of Malice Green,an African-American man whose beating death at the hands of two white police officers triggered a firestorm of controversy. Green was beaten in the head with a flashlight after refusing to open his hand and allegedly relinquish a vial of crack cocaine. The two officers, Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers, were convicted in his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Follow Tresa Baldas on Twitter: @Tbaldas\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT USA TODAY NETWORK\/Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press The case\u00a0started off as a drunken-driving arrest with a\u00a0pat down, handcuffs, routine questions. 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