Juan Catalan, unjustly imprisoned for nearly five months after being charged with a murder he didn't commit was exonerated by unused daily footage shot for the HBO comedy series "Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Well, the case was dismissed, .and last week he received a $320,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed against the City of Los Angeles.
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I tried to email you this but didn't find an address. I'm curious about your take on the article in the NYT today which describes an officer who
- "planted white powder on a suspect in a drug arrest, which cost him his job — though he won it back with the help of the police union.
- was accused by "a group of children ... of pointing a revolver at them and hurling racial epithets."
- "was sued on accusations that he “violently and viciously” beat a 13-year-old suspect.
* was subsequently appointed director of the narcotics divis. of the NYPD, and
- had bail "set at $2 million" in a case in which he was charged with "stealing bribes in a bail-bond scheme"
The article is at...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/nyregion/15haven.htm?_r=1&oref=slogin
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