I am unclear... how is this story substantially different from this Feb. 9/07 article...
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San Francisco's Police Commission has approved an $83,000 tentative settlement to end a civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who claimed he had been assaulted by three police officers who yelled anti-gay slurs at him.
But in approving the deal commissioners chastised the department for dragging its heels in investigating the case and missing a deadline for filing charges against the officers.
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Marconi's friend, an off-duty Stockton police officer, witnessed the incident and pulled out his badge, prompting the officers to flee the lawsuit said. The officers denied any wrongdoing and the district attorney's office said there was not enough evidence to lay criminal charges.
An internal police investigation was not carried out, and because Marconi did not file an official complaint with San Francisco's Office of Citizen Complaints an independent investigation was not conducted. After a year the statute of limitations prevented any further action.
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