NYPD pays cop $15M after officers beat him at daughter's birthday party
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An NYPD cop is set to become rich at taxpayer expense — after a jury awarded him $15 million for an injury he suffered in an off-duty scuffle with fellow officers.
Officer Larry Jackson says his hand was fractured so badly after police responded to a 911 call during his daughter’s birthday party that he can no longer fire his gun and may have to retire.
The officer claims the other cops mistook him for a troublemaker at the 2010 party because he is black and roughed him up, resulting in the injury.
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Stunned city lawyer Matthew Modaferri called the mammoth award exorbitant.
“The verdict is clearly excessive,” Modaferri said.
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