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The L.A. Riots | 8. Damages

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Rodney King's $3.8 Million Settlement

Jury awards Rodney King $3.8 million in compensatory damages against the city of Los Angeles. The jury made its decision on April 19, 1994, three years and six weeks after the assault. Steve Lerman: "I said to him, man, you know, one of these days, your case is going to close"

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That
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kid likes to feed snails of his grandma. The others like to make dimsome with their nanna.
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I never seen the family atn way, the wen went to the family last i paul and brenda,
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also known as grandad and nanny, are with their 11 year old grandson, logan chatfield. They have come to visit his 20 year old big sister, tyler may, at a cafe in coventry, in the ucan. Tylor may has just started university onit, studying to become a paramedic. Press, life is a whirlwind as she finds her feet in a new city, 200 miles away from home in dover. The conversation quickly turns to her hectic schedule.
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Yes, sir, we did half day on mental health. First day monday. Was anatmy physiology and pharmacology on the respiratory system. Was
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verynoing, which i shall know nothing abouta ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha, pretty
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pretty intense, but very, very good. And all very interesting. Paul
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and brenda are doting grandparents. In their seventies, they were ready to settle into their retirement when suddenly their
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plans were put on hold. Lugen and tarla lost their mumt
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their mamma was 37, and she had breskanser. Supposed he went away, but six months down the roadit came back. And she didn't last very long. We were asked by such services to take them both on. And that was ten, 11 years ago. And then all of a sudden, there we were thinking efethin, tinking of eto, going to sco, picking up fom school, different clubs. You know, it was amazing what you had to get done. And to startlf, it was chaos. It really was chaos. We didn't know what we was doing, you know. And when you need that particular time, you need someone to help with forml filling and things like this, they go, oh, no, there's no one to help you. You just have to do it. You know?

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