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LAPD Beating Victim Seeks $25M From City

HeadlineJul 16, 2004

A Los Angeles man has filed a $25 million claim with the city three weeks after he was beaten by the LAPD. The June 23 incident was caught on videotape and was compared by many to the beating of Rodney King. During part of the beating one officer struck the unarmed man 11 times with a metal flashlight. The victim, Stanley Miller, said the beating has left him with brain damage.

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