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Poll: Should police officers in the Dymond Milburn case be prosecuted?
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By now, you've probably heard of the case of Dymond Milburn, the then 12-year-old Galveston, Texas, girl who was accosted by several men who accused her of being a prostitute and tried to drag her into a van. The men turned out to be undercover police officers and Dymond faces prosecution for assaulting a public servant -- apparently in the course of being pummeled by the men. She ended up in the hospital with serious injuries. Her family has filed a lawsuit against the officers and the Galveston Police Department.
Assuming that the story we've heard so far is an accurate rendering of events, is a lawsuit enough? Not only was this girl assaulted by grown men, she was then arrested at school for daring to resist by an unrepentant police force. Will civil damages set matters right and act as a sufficient deterrent to such behavior in the future?
According to the latest news, the officers named in the federal lawsuit are seeking to have the case dismissed. Galveston Police Chief Charles Wiley insist that the facts f the case differ from news reports and the version in the lawsuit -- but declines to release the police report.
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