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Race and injustice in Calif. case.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| August 01, 2003 | Moore, Acel | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Acel Moore

It sounds suspiciously like the same old story.

On Wednesday, a Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial in the case of a white policeman accused of assaulting a black teen-ager during an arrest. The jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked at a 7-5 vote (in favor of the prosecution) and couldn't reach a verdict.

All this despite a videotape, taken by a bystander, showing former Inglewood police officer Jeremy Morse slamming 16-year-old Donovan Jackson onto the trunk of a patrol car and punching him while the teen was handcuffed.

The video graphically and clearly supports the prosecutor's argument that "the officer was ...

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