Law Practice
Aug. 18, 2009
Deputies' Killing of Shotgun-Carrying Man Will Cost L.A. County $2.5 Million
In yet another lesson about the perils of going to trial, a federal jury has decided that Los Angeles County must pay more than $2.5 million to the family of a shotgun-toting Compton man who was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - In yet another lesson about the perils of going to trial, a federal jury has decided that Los Angeles County must pay more than $2.5 million to the family of a shotgun-toting Compton man who was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies. In 2006, Freddie Davis Jr., 22, displayed a sawed-off shotgun while at a liquor store with his brother, according to his family's lawyers. He did not rob the store...
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