[Brian S]

07-29) 14:31 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) --

A judge declared a hung jury Tuesday in the police brutality case against a white former officer who punched and slammed a handcuffed black teenager onto a squad car during a videotaped arrest.

The jury deliberated more than three days without reaching a verdict in a case that raised racial tensions and drew comparisons to the Rodney King beating.

[Brian S]

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(07-29) 14:34 PDT (AP) --

LOS ANGELES: same penalty.
Darvish and his attorney banged their fists on the counsel table and breathed "Yes" as the verdicts were read.

Someone in the courtroom yelled, "No justice here!" and was silenced by Superior Court Judge William Hollingsworth Jr.

People standing outside the courthouse held signs saying "Peace After the Verdict," hoping to pevent riots like the ones that devastated the city after four white police officers were acquitted of state charges in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King in 1992.

Morse was white and the teen, Donovan Jackson, is black.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I heard on the radio earlier that a black leader was calling for everyone to not engage in destructive behavior.

I think the officer was way out of line. I never heard the reason for grabbing this minor, who was coming out of a store, because his dad had expired license plates.