>http://www.komonews.com/news/82416102.html#idc-cover
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>Having seen the video of this I don't see how the jury couldn't reach a verdict. Cop beats up a 15 year old girl because she flicked her shoe at him and he went nuts. Doesn't seem to overly complicated to me....geeeze.

I'll explain to my folks back home that the American legal system is so efficient because the jury must reach a verdict, or else they hang them.