California

Mendez v. City of Gardena

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 12:01

Two men shot, one of them killed, by police investigating a stolen bicycle; one of the men, the bicycle theft victim, saw the police stopping his friends on their bikes and tried to tell police they had stopped the wrong men; police opened fire on them; police body cameras confirmed that victims were unarmed; decedent survived by parents.

Slusher v. City and County of Napa

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 07:09

3 y.o. girl, survived by her father (addicted to meth and incarcerated when she died) and grandparents, killed by her mother and mother’s boyfriend, who were convicted of her torture and murder. Napa Police and County CPS social workers failed to obey their mandatory duties to investigate and report multiple reports of child abuse and neglect, in violation of state CANRA law. Federal court due process claims had been dismissed and were on appeal; state court negligence claims pending in Napa County Superior Court.

Luong v. Alameda County

Submitted by Re'Neisha Stevenson on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 06:52

56 y.o.mentally ill man, eventually found incompetent to stand trial, was not provided adequate psychiatric care in jail while awaiting admission to State Hospital, and after repeated injuries from being bullied by other inmates, was housed with a dangerous cellmate who beat him to death; survived by wife, son, and mother.