BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore jury is awarding $500,000 to a teenager who was left miles from home without his shoes after he entered a police van as part of a drug investigation.
The Daily Record reports that the damages were awarded Friday to Michael Johnson Jr. and his parents after a five-day civil trial.
Johnson was 15 when he entered the police van in May 2009 in Baltimore. He was dropped off hours later near Patapsco Valley State Park in neighboring Howard County without his shoes, cellphone or any way of getting home.
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Dropped off "hours later?" Miles from home? 15 years old? No shoes? And no cell? They stole his property, endangered his life, and didn't even bother to charge him with anything or call his mom? Probably the first time those cops ever did that kind of thing, huh? Pray tell, heroes, what part of "protecting and serving" was THAT? Pretty tough guys with a 15 year old teenager....
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