Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    Jury awards $1.5 million to woman injured by LAPD projectile during Lakers celebration

    by Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times Oct 15, 2022 3 minutes
    Los Angeles Lakers fans celebrate in front of the Staples Center on Oct. 11, 2020, in Los Angeles after the Lakers defeated the Miami Heat in Game 6 to win the NBA Finals.

    LOS ANGELES — A federal jury has awarded $1.5 million to a woman who suffered a brain injury two years ago when a Los Angeles police officer shot her with a hard-foam projectile as she left the Lakers' downtown NBA title celebration.

    The ruling came after a three-day civil trial that ended Thursday, during which jurors heard evidence of what Kimberly Marroquin's attorney described as a heavy-handed police response to people thronging the streets following the Lakers' championship-clinching win in the 2020 NBA Finals. Marroquin argued that she was leaving the celebration and posed no

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times4 min readSocial History
    Jackie Calmes: Donald Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Second Term
    Millions of us are justifiably focused on seeing that Donald Trump is held to account for what he's allegedly done in the past. Scheming to flip the legitimate 2020 election result and resisting the peaceful transfer of power, a first for U.S. presid
    Los Angeles Times3 min readAmerican Government
    Lawmakers Grill California Gov. Officials On Homelessness Spending After Audit Causes Bipartisan Frustration
    LOS ANGELES — Democrats and Republicans expressed frustration Monday as they grilled Gov. Gavin Newsom's top housing officials in a tense legislative hearing about how billions of state dollars have been spent on the worsening homelessness crisis. T
    Los Angeles Times4 min read
    Commentary: What A Quail Taught Me About Grief By Joining A Flock Of Turkeys
    It’s dusk in spring, and the seven-year anniversary of my mother’s death from cancer is approaching, a death that marked the end of my biological family. I want to text my friend Margot, who lost her dad to AIDS in the spring years ago, and ask, “How

    Related Books & Audiobooks