TORRANCE — Civil rights attorney Bruce Nickerson scored a huge victory Friday at the Torrance Courthouse for a former Hawthorne man who was falsely arrested in 2012 by Manhattan Beach police during an absurd, undercover lewd conduct sting that targeted gay men. It also marked the second time in 14 months that the Bay Area-lawyer, who … Continue reading 5 years later, man falsely accused of lewd conduct by Manhattan Beach police gets his name cleared