REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Three teen-age boys, two African-American and one white, brought a civil rights lawsuit in federal district court alleging that City of Torrance police officers illegally stopped their vehicle, conducted an illegal search of their car, and used excessive force in searching them, causing them bodily injury. They also alleged that the officers' conduct resulted from racial bias. The jury found in favor of the plaintiffs and awarded them $245...
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