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SJPD Excessive Force trial: Man Awarded $90,000 for Run-In With Police at Hilton
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 04/30/2014 | Tracey Kaplan

Posted on 05/03/2014 11:12:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A federal jury Tuesday awarded a tech salesman $90,000 in an excessive force case that his lawyer claims reflects a shift in public opinion about police.

"Juries are not giving San Jose police the benefit of the doubt anymore," said lawyer Anthony Boskovich, who represented the salesman, Aleksandr Binkovich.

The officer in this case, Bruce Barthelemy, has been in at least two officer-involved shootings in the past few years, once saving a colleague who came under fire and another time killing a driver who was coming at him and other officers.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; sanjose

1 posted on 05/03/2014 11:12:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Low class for the city attorney to say the jury got it wrong

The jury is always right, justice was done


2 posted on 05/03/2014 11:37:21 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: nickcarraway

>>”Juries are not giving San Jose police the benefit of the doubt anymore,” said lawyer Anthony Boskovich, who represented the salesman, Aleksandr Binkovich. <<

Gee, I wonder why? Perhaps it is because of too many dead dogs or could it be too many department approved shootings? Whatever the reason the change in opinion is because of the cops, all cops, behavior while on duty.


3 posted on 05/03/2014 12:49:31 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: nickcarraway

Boskovich, Binkovich....What are the chances?


4 posted on 05/03/2014 12:52:49 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: yldstrk

Yes, highly unethical. Could result in discipline (suspension, disbarment, at least repimand)


5 posted on 05/03/2014 1:52:39 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: yldstrk

‘The jury is always right, justice was done’

said OJ Simpson.


6 posted on 05/03/2014 1:59:31 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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To: AlmaKing

Hey, if you want to go there, the prosecution did a miserable job. The case was rushed to trial before all the evidence was developed and on top of it, the prosecution lacked focus and its theories were contradictory and made no sense. OJ may indeed have been guilty, most likely he was, but the jury was correct, the case was not proved. Next question.


7 posted on 05/03/2014 2:42:10 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

piss poor


8 posted on 05/03/2014 7:08:25 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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