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LA police take blame for clash
Los Angeles police have blamed their own poor communication and training for the use of excessive force to break up an immigration rally in May.
A police department report released on Tuesday said officers on the scene had not been trained in crowd control.
Lack of communication with commanders also meant officers on the ground were left to their own devices.
Hundreds of people were hurt when police beat unarmed protesters and fired rubber bullets at the crowds.
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28 April 2006
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Ex-cop awarded 600G over his f
A jury has awarded $600,000 in damages to an ex-Philadelphia cop who claimed he had been fired because he was a whistleblower.
The jury rendered its verdict Tuesday following a three-week civil trial in federal court.
But the panel could not agree that former cop Charles Bucceroni had been canned because he spoke publicly against police corruption.
Instead, the jury found that three members of the force - Inspector Joseph Sullivan, Detective Carl LaTorre and Police Officer Thomas Kelly - had used excessive force in subduing and arresting Bucceroni during a brawl at police headquarters on Jan. 13, 2003.
The jury also found that Sullivan, LaTorre and Kelly had "intentionally and recklessly" caused severe emotional distress to Bucceroni.
Jurors said Bucceroni was entitled to $500,000 in punitive damages and $100,000 in compensatory damages, but nothing for back or front pay, medical benefits or attorneys costs. He had been seeking upwards of $1.7 million.
Jurors also found that none of the defendants had arrested Bucceroni unlawfully and that Bucceroni's medical records had not been improperly released by Sullivan.
Bucceroni, 42, said he still suffers from herniated discs in his neck and back, and nerve damage in his hand as a result of the altercation. He is not currently employed.
He said yesterday he was "pleased" with the jury's decision, but also concerned.
"It makes you sick that police officers would do this to one of their own," Bucceroni said. "What concerns me is these guys walk away unscathed, and taxpayers have to pick up the tab for this. I don't think that's right."
City Solicitor Romulo L. Diaz Jr. was unavailable for comment as was police spokesman Capt. Benjamin Naish.
Bucceroni, a 10-year veteran of the force, was arrested on felony assault charges and fired on Jan. 13, 2003, after he and Sullivan got into a scuffle while Bucceroni was waiting for his disciplinary hearing to begin.
A Common Pleas jury acquitted Bucceroni of the criminal charges in July 2003, and he subsequently filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the city, top police brass and other officers.
Besides his complaint that cops had used excessive force against him, he alleged that he had been canned because he had spoken out publicly against alleged police corruption and testified on behalf of a defendant at a criminal trial.
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