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Federal jury rejects Wall St. worker's claim cops violated

Posted By vinni28 on Dec 13, 2010   FROM: nydailynews.com report abuse
Federal jury rejects Wall St. worker's claim cops violated

A federal jury Monday rejected a Wall St. investment bank worker's claim he was violated by cops with a baton.

But the panel agreed that the Bronx district attorney wrongfully prosecuted 40-year-old Ralph Johnson for resistsing arrest and awarded him $20,000.

Cops in 2004 were called to Johnson's home when he and his ex-girlfriend got into a fight. He testified that he tossed the woman out when, furious that he had chatted up another woman at a nightclub, she started breaking windows in his flat.

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