{"article":{"id":75086,"heading":"Verdict Is Reached in Taped Beating Trial","author":"AP","created":"2003-07-30 14:51:33","modified":"2003-07-30 14:51:33","last_modified":"Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:51:33","article":"<p>LOS ANGELES - A jury reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of a white former officer charged with police brutality for punching and slamming a handcuffed black teenager onto the trunk of a squad car during a videotaped arrest.  <br><br> The verdict, reached less than an hour into the jury's fourth day of deliberations, was to be read in the afternoon.  <br><br> Former Inglewood officer Jeremy Morse, 25, is charged assault under color of authority in the arrest of Donovan Jackson, then 16, at a gas station last July. A bystander videotaped part of the arrest,  <br><br> Morse's former partner, Officer Bijan Darvish, 26, is charged with filing a false police report about the incident.  <br><br> The arrest sparked protests, raised racial tensions and led to comparisons to the Rodney King beating.  <br><br> While the jury was deliberating, a coalition of government, church and community leaders urged calm. Hundreds of volunteers, including some former gang members, planned to flood the streets after the verdict to plead for peace.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"LOS ANGELES - A jury reached a verdict Tuesday in the trial of a white former officer charged with police brutality for punching and slamming a handcuffed black teenager onto the trunk of a squad car during a videotaped arrest.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/07\/75086.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}