A federal jury on Thursday awarded a $35 million verdict to the family of Long Island resident Kenny Lazo, who died in Suffolk County police custody in 2008.
Suffolk Police Det. Sgt. James Scimone said he was exonerated on charges of false arrest, excessive force and failure to perform duty in the 2008 death of a Bay Shore man following a traffic stop.
A lawyer for the family of Kenny Lazo argued that the time for justice had finally arrived 14 years after his death as part of what he called a high-level and extensive cover-up of police brutality.
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