Jury awards $4 to family of man fatally shot by sheriff's deputy in his own garage

[DiggityDaggityDo]

The jury awarded $4 in damages to Hill's family, with $1 going towards funeral expenses and $1 going towards each of Hill's three children for their loss.

http://www.newsweek.com/jury-awards-4-family-man-fatally-shot-sheriffs-deputy-his-own-garage-951045


Funeral costs are that cheap these days?

[Mr KLC]

$2.33 after taxes.

[Chi_archie]

fuk em

he had a gun in his back pocket and didn't raise both hands

family should be paying the county $ back for the bullets they had to use for the good guy's to protect their own lives

[Mac4Lyfe]

fuk em

he had a gun in his back pocket and didn't raise both hands

family should be paying the county $ back for the bullets they had to use for the good guy's to protect their own lives

so a gun in your back pocket means you're guilty? Do you have the right to bear arms in your own yard? I don't know everything about this case but the police was responding to loud music and ends up shooting a man in his own garage? Let me guess the color of the dead man? Unbelievable how the police go on joy rides, shooting people dead wherever they go.

One day, citizens are going to shoot the police first.

[VeggieDog]

so a gun in your back pocket means you're guilty? Do you have the right to bear arms in your own yard? I don't know everything about this case but the police was responding to loud music and ends up shooting a man in his own garage? Let me guess the color of the dead man? Unbelievable how the police go on joy rides, shooting people dead wherever they go.

One day, citizens are going to shoot the police first.

It happens all the time. That's why cops are jumpy.

[Mac4Lyfe]

It happens all the time. That's why cops are jumpy.

In their own garage listening to music???

[19th Hole]

The fact that this was a federal court jury jumped out at me.
It was in Florida (St Lucie County).
The shooter, Deputy Newman, was found 1% liable. 1%!!
How is that even possible?

The $4 ($1/$1) award is stupid crazy. There has to be some very persuasive courtroom
testimony/evidence which the article did not mention.
All that they mentioned was loud music was reported, unloaded gun in victim's back pocket
and the victim trying to close the garage door.
Time to dig into court records and make a report of my findings if possible.

[Thrilla]

Fukking racists. Knew it would be White on Black before even clicking on the OP link.

Gregory Hill Jr, a 30-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Christopher Newman, a white deputy with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, at his home in Fort Pierce, Florida

[fried cheese]

juries are now awarding insult money and are too stupid to give correct percentages. i guess juries truly are representational of the general public. i just got a notice for jury duty too.

[VeggieDog]

In their own garage listening to music???

Yep. Loud music. Neighbors called the cops. Drunk dude opened the door. Gun in his pocket. Game over.

[thechaoz]

Yep. Loud music. Neighbors called the cops. Drunk dude opened the door. Gun in his pocket. Game over.

Pathetic. This is why you don't talk to police or come outside

[bigtymer56]

Pathetic. This is why you don't talk to police or come outside

Whats the point of having a gun if you can't use it to protect yourself from the government in your own home?

[Auto Donk]

Whats the point of having a gun if you can't use it to protect yourself from the government in your own home?

to do shit like this.....



and this:



and this:

[Grits n' Gravy]

Stories like this are why I am happy to read news about cops being killed.

Fuk cops.

[hostile takeover]

Do the taxpayers have to pay for this?