In a courtroom half-filled with uniformed police officers, Helfand told the six women and six men on the jury that the case against 13 officers and the city of Galveston was built on misrepresentations and exaggerations. Backe alone is asking for $12 million to $15 million in lost income and damages for a shoulder injury he alleges happened when police threw him onto a concrete sidewalk during a wedding celebration at the H20 bar at the San Luis Hotel in Galveston.