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> And so did the jury who awarded them $600k

What jury? The payment happened before the trial: "five days before a trial was scheduled to begin in the case, Dallas County officials agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the case".

In fairness, people don't generally give 6 figure settlements if they think the jury will agree with them

The detail that there was no jury?

You're confusing your own assumptions with knowledge.

Are they or are you? How have you determined that they don't understand the details?

Being flat wrong is a subtle hint.