Jury Awards $3.2 Million To Woman Shot By LAPD - Latimes.com

LAPD Ordered To Pay $3.2 Million To Mentally Ill Woman
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck speaks a Los Angeles City Council meeting where the issue of whether to ban marijuana dispensaries that have sprung up throughout the city was being considered. The city has fumbled with its medical marijuana laws for years, trying to provide safe and affordable access to the drug for legitimate patients while addressing worries by neighborhood groups that streets were being overrun by dispensaries and pot users. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck speaks a Los Angeles City Council meeting where the issue of whether to ban marijuana dispensaries that have sprung up throughout the city was being considered. The city has fumbled with its medical marijuana laws for years, trying to provide safe and affordable access to the drug for legitimate patients while addressing worries by neighborhood groups that streets were being overrun by dispensaries and pot users. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

A federal jury has handed down the latest multimillion-dollar verdict against the Los Angeles Police Department, finding officers were "malicious" and excessive when they shot a mentally ill woman and then used a stun gun on her.

The $3.2-million award delivered Friday in U.S. District Court adds to a long string of verdicts and settlements in police-related cases that have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars over the last decade. It comes as LAPD officials struggle to find ways to slow the stream of lawsuits filed against officers each year.

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