A jury late Friday returned a historically high verdict – $21 million – after Fremont police shot and killed Elena Mondragon, a pregnant teenager, nearly five years ago.
The city has to pay $10.2 million and the driver of the car in which she was riding in has to pay the other half.
Pointer tried the case with his partner, Patrick Buelna, and other high-profile civil rights attorneys, Melissa Nold and John Burris. Tiger, who was wanted on suspicion of multiple violent armed robberies, was in the parking lot and after being boxed in, reversed his car into the officers. In response, the police opened fire on the moving car, violating department policy.
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