California man shot in back by police wins $11.3 million jury grant

A man who was shot in the back by a cop and left deadened has been granted $11.3 million by a government jury in California.

Hung Lam, a Vietnamese national, recordedhttp://www.colourlovers.com/lover/mehdiidesign a social equality claim against the city of San Jose, its police boss and the officer who shot him on Jan. 3, 2014. The jury chose the grant on Monday following a three-week trial.

The grant is almost twofold the $5.9 million settlement for the group of Eric Garner, whose passing after a police strangle hold in July 2014 activated shock around the United States. Strain over the utilization of unreasonable power by police has following been driven by a few prominent cases including the passings of dark men.

Lam's lawyer John Burris said in an announcement on Tuesday, "The officer's crazy presentation of extreme power sentenced Hung Lam to a lifetime in a wheelchair."

San Jose City Attorney Rick Doyle said the city was investigating its choices in regards to offer and would talk about it with the City Council.

Lam had contended in court that despite the fact that he had a blade in his grasp, was self-destructive and debilitating to hurt himself, he never undermined any other individual.

He said that when San Jose Officer Dondi West touched base at Lam's home, she shouted requests and hurried towards Lam, heightening the circumstance, then mysteriously startinghttp://www.totalbeauty.com/community/members/mehandidesigns to shoot. The injuries to Lam's lower back left him paraplegic, he said.

Lam battled that he was additionally "unconscionably, vindictively" accused of ambushing an officer over the episode. The charge was later dropped.

Lawyer Burris, who is additionally speaking to the group of a dark man who was shot dead by a few cops in the wake of being associated with a cutting, is because of hold a news meeting later on Tuesday about the choice for Lam's situation.