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You thought the Rodney King Jury was crazy?


A jury awarded $1.6 million to Jeremy Morse Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse (* December 10 1928[1]), known as Sir Jeremy Morse, was Chancellor of Bristol University between 1989 and 2003 before being succeeded by the Baroness Hale of Richmond[2] and was chairman of Lloyds Bank[3]. , the former cop from Inglewood, California, who was videotaped slamming Black teenager Donovan Jackson onto a car and punching him in July 2002. Morse's firing was considered "wrongful termination wrongful termination n. a right of an employee to sue his/her employer for damages (loss of wage and "fringe" benefits, and, if against "public policy," for punitive damages). " by the jury, and it also amounted to racial discrimination, since the jury felt Morse was severely punished only because he is white. Is the entire jury pool in Southern California completely contaminated contaminated,
v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material.
2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials.
3. an infective surface or object.
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Title Annotation:READING BETWEEN THE HEADLINES
Author:Chaddha, Anmol
Publication:Colorlines Magazine
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 22, 2005
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