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Jury awards unarmed Dontrell Williams $23.1 m, shot in back by sheriff
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:27 pm
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PBSO is statutorily capped at $200k, but they offered $1.5 million prior to trial according to Dontrell's attorneys.
Dashcam video action at :20
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A federal jury awarded $23.1 million on Wednesday to a 22-year-old black man who was unarmed when he was shot and paralyzed by a sheriff’s deputy, but Florida lawmakers will have to approve any award above $200,000.
The six-woman, two-man jury ruled after 3½ hours of deliberation that Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adams Lin violated Dontrell Stephens’ civil rights when he shot him in September 2013.
Lin, who had stopped Stephens for riding his bicycle into traffic, testified that he shot him four times because he reached for his waistband with his left hand and then flashed a dark object that he thought was a small handgun. Stephens testified that he was raising his hands when Lin opened fire for no reason. Video from the dashboard camera in Lin’s patrol car showed Stephens’ left hand was empty and a cellphone was in his right hand.
PBSO is statutorily capped at $200k, but they offered $1.5 million prior to trial according to Dontrell's attorneys.
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Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:28 pm to tigerpimpbot
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$23.1 million
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:29 pm to tigerpimpbot
Correct your thread title. He was not shot by the sheriff. Rather a sheriff's DEPUTY. Huge diff, sport.
Idk how people continually mix the two up. So dumb.
Idk how people continually mix the two up. So dumb.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:32 pm to tigerpimpbot
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PBSO is statutorily capped at $200k
but this is a federal judgment, so how does that work?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:32 pm to t1gerst1gerst1gers
Go frick yourself, sport.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:34 pm to tigerpimpbot
The sheriff shot him!! Jesus H. Christ Florida, what we gonna do with you...
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:35 pm to tigerpimpbot
I doubt any lawmakers will oppose approving the judgement. Not if they want to be reelected ever again. Could you imagine the media backlash if they deny the judgement
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:35 pm to t1gerst1gerst1gers
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Correct your thread title. He was not shot by the sheriff. Rather a sheriff's DEPUTY.
Good thing you were here to correct him. This changes the story completely!
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
Not sure, but they still have to get a bill passed by the FL legislature for PBSO to satisfy the judgment. I thought it was pretty telling that they offered $1.5 m before trial. The Rthe epublican legislature will probably at least give $1.5 million.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:39 pm to 7thWardTiger
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I doubt any lawmakers will oppose approving the judgement. Not if they want to be reelected ever again. Could you imagine the media backlash if they deny the judgement
I think the legislature will make PBSO fund or partially fund any settlement anyway. Sheriff Bradshaw is always crying for more tactical assault helicopters to get marijuana off the streets.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:42 pm to tigerpimpbot
He's lucky he wasn't shot by a Manitowoc County deputy or else he would have already been framed for murder.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:47 pm to tigerpimpbot
I imagine Dontrell's family is sitting in a financial advisor's office right now so they can formulate a plan to deal with this money in a proper manner.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:48 pm to ForeverLSU02
He's paralyzed. Most of that is probably for a lifecare plan.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:49 pm to tigerpimpbot
You say the Sheriff,
But I hear it was the deputy...
Watched the video. It looks like he was turning when the shots were fired.
What happened outside of the video.
And on what planet was he going to contribute 23.1 million dollars worth of positive production to the community.
But I hear it was the deputy...
Watched the video. It looks like he was turning when the shots were fired.
What happened outside of the video.
And on what planet was he going to contribute 23.1 million dollars worth of positive production to the community.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:54 pm to ForeverLSU02
Not very much money at all. Would you get paralyzed if someone offered you 20mill?
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:55 pm to boosiebadazz
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He's paralyzed. Most of that is probably for a lifecare plan.
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He was awarded $6,450,000 for medical expenses, $10,626,000 for pain and suffering and the remaining $6 million plus for mental distress and humiliation.
The firm that got him this verdict has a few OT baller trial lawyer magicians. The attorney on this one, Jack Scarola, hit Sunbeam for $1 billion on a shareholder suit a few years ago (overturned on appeal), but the head guy Chris Searcy hits $50m to $100m verdicts on the reg. There is a motion in limine floating around precluding Searcy from crying during closing arguments, usually on baby death cases and whatnot. He is a master.
Sounds like the jury here just gave them whatever they asked for.
This post was edited on 2/3/16 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:56 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
No.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:57 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
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Would you get paralyzed if someone offered you 20mill?
Yes. You'd all bow before my robot suit after that.
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:57 pm to fr33manator
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You say the Sheriff,
But I hear it was the deputy...
Watched the video. It looks like he was turning when the shots were fired.
What happened outside of the video.
And on what planet was he going to contribute 23.1 million dollars worth of positive production to the community.
1) so you're saying the pd shouldn't have to pay X dollars because they person they paralyzed wouldn't contribute that much to society ... fair enough ... the gov shoots you and kills you for no reason, how much that worth to punish the government? ... $5 million? ... $10 million? ...
2) guy had a record for cocaine ... that what you're basing the financial worth on? ...
Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:59 pm to tigerpimpbot
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There is a motion in limine floating around precluding Searcy from crying during closing arguments. He is a master.
Holy shite. I need to see this.
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