re: Jury awards $18 to innocent black man who was punched, tasered and arrested

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I would wager that this is more money than his entire household makes in two years and it would be flushed away within a month in any event.

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You know it isn't the blatant racism that bothers me quite as much as the pure ignorance...

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DeShawn Franklin now works at the University of Notre Dame, where he sets up equipment and moves furniture. He plans to attend a community college to pursue a general studies degree or possibly study business.

He said the meager settlement he and his family received is hard for him to accept, but it is also out of his control.

“No one would feel it’s appropriate for your constitutional rights to be valued at a dollar,” he said. “I can’t really say how much it would be worth, but no one’s life is really worth that amount of money, you know.”

All he can do now, he said, is move on.

“You got to still get up and try to make the best of every situation you have,” he said.

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That is the plaintiff. He has a job and has refused to be on camera. He isn't personally searching for attention. I understand it is difficult for you to put aside your prejudice and racism, but it is quite plausible that Mr. Franklin is a perfectly normal, hard-working American tax payer whose civil rights were blatantly violated. The fact that he is black doesn't preclude any of those things.