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Woman Sex Victim Who Fell Out Of Police Cruiser Awarded $3.5M

A $3.5 million settlement lawsuit filed against the city of Los Angeles by a woman who fell out of a police car in 2013, while handcuffed and fending off an alleged rape attack, has been granted by a judge. Los Angeles taxpayers are on the hook to yet again pay for their police department’s misconduct. The Free Thought Project reports: Kim Nguyen had been arrested for alleged public drunkenness, handcuffed, and put in the back of a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car. At speeds of around 30 mph, Nguyen leaned against one of the back doors — which turned out to be unlocked — in an attempt to escape a sexual assault by one of the officers, according to her lawsuit. Reports My News LA: “Officers David Shin and Jin Oh arrested Nguyen for public intoxication after they saw her run across the street about 3 a.m. on March 17, 2013. At the time, Nguyen was a graduate student in her last semester at Loyola Marymount University’s MBA program. “Nguyen was handcuffed and put in the back seat of a squad car off Sixth Street between Oxford and Serrano avenues, according to her court papers, which state that she [...]

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