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Grandmother Beaten by Cop Gets $1.5M

California Highway Patrol officer 'elects to resign'

(Newser) - A 51-year-old grandmother punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer on the side of a freeway in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a settlement, and the officer has agreed to resign. The punching occurred after motorists' 911 calls reported that Marlene Pinnock, who...

Family to Sue After Cop Beats Grandmother

Officer caught repeatedly punching woman in the street

(Newser) - A California family says it intends to file a civil rights lawsuit after video surfaced of a California Highway Patrol officer repeatedly punching a woman in the face on the side of the highway. The woman, 51-year-old grandmother Marlene Pinnock, was unarmed. According to the arrest report, the woman, who...

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