ù Quoting Kent Anderson from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
KA> Murder? By whose definition? If the officers were not 
KA> punished/disciplined, then it was not "the unlawful taking of human 
KA> life." Taking the life of a crook under certain circumstances is 
KA> "justifiable homicide," not "murder."
Okay, there were never any criminal charges filed, and an internal inquiry 
turned up nothing. But the civil suit resulted in $2 million in damages. 
In the other case, the officers used hog-tying, which had been banned by the 
department. Again, no charges, nothing internally, but huge awards in the 
civil
case.
The defense attornys made the claim that the civil case proved guilt, but the 
city had no comment.
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