true" that the officers erred, said Mr. Stine.

The physical evidence in the case -- Mr. Miles' dreadlocks in a broken bush, twigs embedded in his gums, disputed accounts that he was carrying a Mountain Dew bottle and an ammunition magazine was later found at the scene -- seemed less important to the attorneys than poking holes in the credibility of the other side's story.

The officers, for instance, have said that Mr. Miles "bladed" -- turning his body sideways to conceal an object in a pocket. They have said they found the bottle in the pocket.

Mr. Miles has said Officer Ewing, who since left the city's employ for a job with McCandless, and Pittsburgh Officers Saldutte and Sisak jumped out of an unmarked car without identifying themselves as police,months at FFS I witnessed, partook in and was encouraged to emotionally, verbally, mentally and in some cases physically abuse my peers. The school as it was during my 22 months operated on fear and isolation to force conformity in what I thought then and am certain now is unethical treatment of institionalized populations.

Although I graduated from FFS over 5 years ago and by the schools standards considered a success I still have nightmares, instrusive thoughts, panic attacks and an overall feeling of betrayal stemming from my time at the school. I however was one of the few who attended FFS, during my time and in my opinion, who needed some kind of long-term residential treatment. Afterall I was a teenage drug addict, I prostituted myself for the