Pepper Spray Verdict In

The jury decides law enforcement used excessive force when using pepper spray against the anti logging protesters. Unbelievable? Probably not, as the plaitiffs were almost assured a biased, if not intellectually challenged, jury since it was in San Francisco. We should probably be surprised the other two trials ended up deadlocked. Still, I don't see how anyone could watch the entire film of the event(s) (which I have) and decided that was excessive force.

On the upside, the plaintiffs were only awarded damages of a dollar each and it might be that the defense attorneys will be hard pressed to get any of the million or so dollars they "spent" on the case back. I hope they get stiffed but we'll have to wait and see.