Former La Mesa police officer Matthew Dages was fired in 2020 in connection with the arrest of Amaurie Johnson
A San Diego Superior Court judge has issued a tentative ruling in which she denies a former La Mesa police officer’s request to get his job back, saying his firing was “supported by the weight of the evidence.”
Lawyers for the former officer have said his account in the report was honest based on his perspective at the time. The May 27, 2020 arrest drew immediate scrutiny after bystander video posted to social media showed Dages, who is White, grabbing and pushing Johnson, who is Black, onto a concrete bench.
Dages told administrative investigators, and jurors, he noticed Johnson from a distance and that it appeared he was smoking, which isn’t allowed near the trolley station, so he walked up to Johnson. When Johnson’s friends arrived, he tried to walk away from the officer. That’s when Dages grabbed Johnson and told him he was not free to leave. Dages has said he detained Johnson for not paying a fare.
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