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 already served after Hill pleaded guilty. The last of the charges was dismissed in late October.

“That was a big relief, you know?” Hill said in an interview.

Hill’s attorney in the criminal case and a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office could not be reached for comment on the

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