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A federal jury awarded a mother and her two daughters $8.25 million after they were unlawfully searched and handcuffed by Alameda County sheriff's deputies outside a Castro Valley Starbucks on their way to taking one of the young women to a college math test in Berkeley. The women were not physically harmed by law enforcement, but the dollar amount of the award signals that the jurors felt the family's constitutional rights had been stripped from them because of the color of their skin. Specifically, the jury found Deputy Steven Holland liable for $2.7 million to mother Aasylei Loggervale and $2 million apiece to her daughters, Aaottae Loggervale, then 17, and Aasyeli Hardege-Loggervale, then 19. The jury also found then-Deputy Monica Pope liable for $750,000 to both daughters, and that Alameda County is liable for the actions of its deputies. Both Holland and Pope have since been promoted. What do you think about the situation? If you or a loved one has been afflicted by Catastrophic Injury, Death, Mass Tort, Defective Drugs, Wrongful Death, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking, or Medical Malpractice, visit www.justicefirstattorneys.com or contact (918)-549-6750 for a free strategy session with a lawyer.