BG> Which reminds me, do you remember that fellow Goetz in NY who
BG> shot 4 blacks who tried to rob him on a train about 10 years ago?

BG> Well one of the robbers was completely paralysed as a result
BG> and decided to sue for damages. Well he won the case, and just
BG> yesterday, a NY court ordered Goetz to pay this black bastard
BG> US$54 million. Can you fucking believe that? I'm speechless.

BL> Jesus! He should have shot to kill. $54M is such a nice figure.
BL> His best choice is to refuse to pay and go to gaol for 20 years.

BG> Dunno what his options actually were either,

It was a civil suit, they 'sued' him for damages.
He got off on the original trial.

He can just say 'soorree, aint got $54M'

BG> but given some of the absurdities inherent in the US legal
BG> system, chances are that Goetz can likely sue somebody
BG> himself, perhaps even the train driver for causing his gun
BG> to go off because he was driving too fast on bumpy rails.

There is tiny problem there tho, he apparently was pretty open
about niggers being the scum of the earth in that latest trial.

He actually repairs 'electrical appliances' for a
living, it wasnt stated if that was VCRs or not |-)

BG> And by the time judgment is finally passed, Goetz
BG> will probably have died from natural causes anyway.

I doubt he'll bother, just say 'sorry, dont
happen to have $54M about my person right now'

They they certainly have managed to mug him more effectively this time around.

Just goes to show, the old story that dead men cant sue.
@EOT:

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