06-03-2011
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TheNewspaper.com
Appeals court
upholds $25,000 fine on Louisiana police officers who beat an elderly
man during a minor traffic stop.
Police in Louisiana slammed a 67-year-old man into the ground, arresting
him over a questionable traffic violation. The state court of appeals
ruled May 11 that Calvin D. Miller's injuries were only worth $25,000 in
compensation. Miller had been driving his big rig logging truck home to
Florien on US Highway 171 at 5:30pm on July 13, 2007. As he passed
through the Village of Hornbeck, Officers Kenneth Hatchett, Jr., and
Andy Mitchell, 19, pulled him over because he began speeding up "about
100 feet" before the limit changed from 45 to 55 MPH. Having driven the
road for the past forty-seven years, Miller was quite familiar with the
speed limit. He insisted he was not speeding.
"I can see right now you're going to need an attitude adjustment,"
Officer Hatchett said to the five foot, six inch tall elderly man.
Miller punched his own fist, then turned his back on th
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