Fulton County residents protest $25 million court judgment

ATLANTA - The lawyer for a taxpayers group wants to prevent Fulton County officials from paying nearly $25 million to eight librarians who won a racial discrimination lawsuit against the library system. <br> <br> A federal jury ruled Wednesday that the librarians were discriminated against. The librarians were moved from the desirable downtown central library to branches. They said it was because they are white. <br> <br> Bob Proctor of the Fulton County Taxpayers Association said Thursday that the librarians are owed a reasonable payment but taxpayers should not be liable for what he called intentional wrongful acts of three library board members and the library director. <br> <br> County Attorney O.V. Brantley said the county will ask that the award be reduced by U.S. District Court Judge Beverly Martin, who presided over the trial. <br> <br> If the judge does not reduce the award, the county will appeal the judgment, Brantley said.