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Criminal

Sep. 6, 2000

Pit Bull Litigator Embeds Teeth in LAPD's Soft Tissues

Controversial police brutality and civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman is back from the legally dead. A federal judge ruled last week that Yagman and co-counsel can sue the Los Angeles Police Department under a broad federal racketeering law originally aimed at gangsters. The ruling confirmed the 56-year-old attorney's professional resurrection as a pit bull whose teeth are habitually embedded in the LAPD's soft tissues.

        By Garry Abrams

        Controversial police brutality and civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman is back from the legally dead.
        A federal judge ruled last week that Yagman and co-counsel can sue the Los Angeles Police Department under a broad federal racketeering law originally aimed at gangsters. The ruling confirmed the ...

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