Excessive force: Jury awards San Jose man $90,000

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Source: SJ Mercury News

SAN JOSE -- A federal jury Tuesday awarded a tech salesman $90,000 in an excessive force case that his lawyer claims reflects a shift in public opinion about police.

"Juries are not giving San Jose police the benefit of the doubt anymore," said lawyer Anthony Boskovich, who represented the salesman, Aleksandr Binkovich.

The officer in this case, Bruce Barthelemy, has been in at least two officer-involved shootings in the past few years, once saving a colleague who came under fire and another time killing a driver who was coming at him and other officers.

Both shootings were ruled lawful by the District Attorney's Office, one as recently as last week, and Barthelemy is considered a hero to fellow officers. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25663090/excessive-force-jury-awards-san-jose-man-90

[Mr.Bill]

1. The SJPD will probably promote him. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. Prolly give him $90,000 a year too.

[Mr.Bill]

4. Actually he probably making

more than that already.

[Locrian]

3. yep

It's the system that's rotten. Nothing will change unless we fix the part of it that ignores or actively supports the behavior.

[Ash_F]

5. City Attorney Rick Doyle said, "The jury just got it wrong."

Fuck that guy.

They pay this clown 200k a year for what exactly? He should have settled. The cops were clearly in the wrong. You don't just run up on someone and put your hands on them without announcing your presence and intentions. I don't care if you are a cop.


Time for the San Jose city council to appoint a new city attorney.