Verdicts
Oct. 3, 2008
Police Officer Wins $3 Million In 'Snitch' Retaliation Verdict
A jury has awarded $3.1 million to an officer who claimed the Los Angeles Police Department retaliated against him for accusing his commander of stealing department funds and using racist slurs.
By Noah Barron
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A jury has awarded $3.1 million to an officer who claimed the Los Angeles Police Department retaliated against him for accusing his commander of stealing department funds and using racist slurs.
Officer Robert Hill claimed he was unjustly transferred after he told his superiors in 2004 that his supervisor, Sgt. Gilbert Curtis, embezzled money from the LAPD's Youth Explorer program and that Curtis ma...
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