Man killed by police, family awarded 4 cents

[Morphine Prince 109,649]

Only three people know exactly what happened in the last seconds of Gregory Hill Jr.’s life: Hill and the two Florida sheriff’s deputies who went to his home that day in 2014, one of whom killed him.

Police said Hill pointed a gun at the deputies and ignored commands to drop it, forcing one of them to open fire. The gun would’ve fallen out of Hill’s hands, his family’s attorney said. But the unloaded weapon was found in the back pocket of the jean shorts Hill was wearing.

Hill’s mother sued St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara and Christopher Newman, the deputy who killed her son, for wrongful death. After nearly two weeks of trial and 10 hours of deliberation last month, a jury sided with police and found that Newman did nothing wrong. The eight jurors decided that Mascara was 1 percent at fault, while Hill was largely to blame for his death — at 99 percent — because he was drunk during the confrontation.

In a move that the family’s attorney said was doubly surprising, the jury gave money to the losing party: $4 — a dollar for funeral costs, which was about $11,000, and another for each of Hill’s three young children, ages 13, 10 and 7.

Adjusting for the blame the jury placed on Mascara, the family would receive only 1 percent of the $4, or 4 cents, said John Phillips, who represents Hill’s mother, Viola Bryant.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/post-nation/wp/2018/06/02/a-man-was-shot-and-killed-by-police-a-jury-gave-his-family-4/

[Chamaquito 1,186]

Damn America. A black family is worth $4.. I mean, this has got to be a joke. It was not the family who had a gun. I’m sure you can do a bit more than just $4. After all, this is the 11th richest country on planet earth.

[shame 25,360]

9 minutes ago, Chamaquito said:

Damn America. A black family is worth $4.. I mean, this has got to be a joke. 

 

and not even a full dollar after the shady ass blame adjustment. sad.

[Chris Evans 8,919]

I've come to realize sh*tty cops come from sh*tty police departments so you're going to get sh*tty cops if they're in a racist area.

not surprised at this being from Florida

[Guest]

Vile

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

Jesus H. Christ  

 

[Shipper 13,114]

I'm not defending the cops but I had to read the evidence presented at court.  The man allegedly had an unloaded gun,  was holding it,  and was drunk when the police arrived.  He was allegedly not responding to police requests.  

But really 4 cents is just awful.  when they have evidence, they control the jury.

But let's be honest if this was a white man in the situation they won't get $4.

[SLAG 7]

No words.

[weed 78,889]

1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said:

In a move that the family’s attorney said was doubly surprising, the jury gave money to the losing party: $4 — a dollar for funeral costs, which was about $11,000, and another for each of Hill’s three young children, ages 13, 10 and 7.

How does this work? When can juries decide to give money to people/where is that money coming from/what’s the limit? $4 is a joke, no way jury members thought it would actually help 

[Shipper 13,114]

4 minutes ago, neptugne said:

How does this work? When can juries decide to give money to people/where is that money coming from/what’s the limit? $4 is a joke, no way jury members thought it would actually help 

I was curious too so I Google's this. Mostly evidence,  how much past cases received,  attorney's advise. 

Source: https://www.czrlaw.com/how-does-the-court-calculate-the-value-of-my-personal-injury-lawsuit/

[derpmonster 22,412]

Oh f*** lord, this is so messed up. I knew about this but just now read the details. Who are these jurors? It was an UNLOADED weapon found in his back pocket which means the police lied about him pointing it at them. What's wrong with the justice system? And people have the nerve to say "but but but white people too..."

[derpmonster 22,412]

59 minutes ago, neptugne said:

How does this work? When can juries decide to give money to people/where is that money coming from/what’s the limit? $4 is a joke, no way jury members thought it would actually help 

They had to have been really against this. While they sort of unwillingly let them "win" the case, they only gave a token amount to them.

[derpmonster 22,412]

2 hours ago, Chris Evans said:

I've come to realize sh*tty cops come from sh*tty police departments so you're going to get sh*tty cops if they're in a racist area.

not surprised at this being from Florida

Unfortunately most of America tends to be racist when it comes to criminal allegations. You'd be surprised at how many self-proclaimed liberals call the police on black people who are minding their own business.

1 hour ago, Shipper said:

I'm not defending the cops but I had to read the evidence presented at court.  The man allegedly had an unloaded gun,  was holding it,  and was drunk when the police arrived.  He was allegedly not responding to police requests.  

But really 4 cents is just awful.  when they have evidence, they control the jury.

But let's be honest if this was a white man in the situation they won't get $4.

Wasn't the unloaded gun found in his back pocket?

He wasn't responding, true, so they thought it's 99% his fault and 1% cop's? That's the conclusion they came to.