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How liable is a city when one of its police officers does something horrifying? That is one of the key questions on the table as a trial in Lousiana begins. WaPo (Gift Article): A teen sexually abused by a cop sued New Orleans. Now the trial begins. Records show the officer “was hired despite an arrest for aggravated assault charges and a conviction for battery on a juvenile — a conviction that three of his family members told The Post was the result of a previous sexual relationship with a minor.”