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Government

Aug. 25, 2000

City Attorney Seeks Set-Aside of Verdict

The Los Angeles city attorney will ask Judge Malcolm Mackey to set aside Wednesday's $1.5 million verdict awarded to Raymond Watson, who was injured when a Los Angeles Police Department anti-gang unit patrol car struck him as he fled from questioning by officers.

        The Los Angeles city attorney will ask Judge Malcolm Mackey to set aside Wednesday's $1.5 million verdict awarded to Raymond Watson, who was injured when a Los Angeles Police Department anti-gang unit patrol car struck him as he fled from questioning by officers.
        "This was not a civil rights case," Don Vincent, head of the city attorney's police litigation unit, said Thursd...

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