Family's suit charges bias by cops who shot man during Pride Weekend cruise

Qnews  Jul 26 08

Source: Los Angeles Times , KABC , NBC San Diego Steven Paul Hirschfield was performing aboard a Pride Weekend cruise in San Diego before he was pulled from the bay by harbor police and then shot. The family of a man who was shot by San Diego Harbor Police after they pulled him from San Diego Bay said Friday that they are filing a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking punitive damages against the officer who shot him. Los Angeles-based attorney Brian Claypool and relatives of Steven Paul Hirschfield, 37, spoke out for the first time in West Hollywood. They said they are filing a lawsuit collectively. Full story...

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