A lawsuit that put federal agents on trial in the Southern District of Florida for alleged excessive force resulted in a curious verdict, awarding a plaintiff no compensation but hitting four federal agents with $16,000 in punitive damages.

That was a message to law enforcement, according to plaintiffs lawyer Jason Sherry of Sherry Law Office in Miami, even though the verdict didn’t survive the scrutiny of U.S. District Judge Paul C. Huck.

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