Man struck 16 times by San Bernardino officer feels vindicated after charges dropped

Almost a year and a half after Billy Lee Hill absorbed 16 baton strikes from a San Bernardino police officer, he says his shins still hurt too much for him to stand for long, and his work is limited to light duties at a friend’s restaurant.
But the 39-year-old Crestline resident achieved some measure of satisfaction when felony charges filed after the videotaped confrontation were dropped — and a misdemeanor charge added as part of a plea deal resulted in only a sentence of time alre