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

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Although the jury found constitutional violations, there was no evidence presented in court that supported the amount of damages that the Franklins were seeking.

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In civil rights lawsuits, damages are usually measured by medical bills, lost wages, property damage, post-traumatic stress, psychological treatment, impairment and others, Agostino said. But in this case, no such evidence was presented, so the jury awarded the plaintiffs the default amount of $1, he said.

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Holy shite, this is a truly shitty attorney.

The jury is supposed to award damages based on evidence. They were given zero evidence of damages. Unless indiana allows punitive damages and the jury ignored it - which i seriously doubt, because A) this was pretty egregious, and B) a lot of times the gov't is immune from punitive damages - then they did the right thing.

this is all on the attorney.