54 y.o. schizophrenic man on meth killed by restraint asphyxia in county jail, on video; CFMG medical providers failed to intervene or treat face-down, motionless decedent; Willits officers negligently aggravated decedent’s paranoia; survived by brother.
39 y.o. cocaine-intoxicated man, in psychiatric distress and combative with paramedics and police, died from officers’ multiple tasing, blunt force, and compression asphyxia; survived by parents.
Death of 43 yr. o. man following being placed in chokehold and left in prone position while being arrested for selling loose cigarettes. Survived by wife and children who appear to have settled prior to filing lawsuit. No charges brought against officers.
57 y.o. man in diabetic crisis in prison denied medical care and instead restrained for fourteen minutes with deputies on his back until unresponsive and dead; survived by daughter.
Jail death of 58 y.o. chronic alcoholic man, deprived of proper alcohol detoxification and confined in a restraint chair for 55 hours.
Jail beating of 42 y.o. man arrested for drunk driving; video-recorded incident including beating, tasing, and pepper spray while plaintiff was resistant and being handcuffed, then left for two hours in spit mask; verdict includes $19M in punitive damages against 5 deputies.