VAN NUYS : All but 2 Brutality Claims by GM Workers Rejected
A Van Nuys civil jury Wednesday rejected all but two minor brutality claims against Los Angeles police stemming from a 1985 face-off between officers and workers at the now-closed General Motors plant.
After a six-week trial in which police and auto workers often contradicted one another in testimony, the Superior Court jury awarded a total of $13,600 to two women who said police hit them with batons without provocation.
Jurors expressed sympathy for some of the remaining 12 plaintiffs, who suffered more serious broken bones, bruises and scrapes in the incident. But they said in interviews that there was not enough evidence to support their claims of unprovoked attacks.
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