Cesar Rodriguez, 23, died after he was struck by a Metro train at the Wardlow Station during a struggle with the officer in August 2017.
A downtown Los Angeles jury ruled this week that a Long Beach police officer was negligent when he struggled with a man on a Metro platform before the man’s lower body was crushed by the platform and a train in 2017, killing him.
“It was like my heart just dropped to the floor and hearing my mom cry, having that officer right there, I just broke into tears,” Evelia Granados, the youngest of Rodriguez’s three siblings, said about when the verdicts were read. “He could have avoided all this and my brother could have still been here with us.”
Rodriguez was riding northbound on the Metro Blue Line . The train was between the Willow and Wardlow stations with two Long Beach officers checking to ensure the passengers had paid their fares, authorities have said. Attorneys for Rodriguez’s family argued that Ron knowingly forced Rodriguez to the edge of the platform and failed to pull him out of harm’s way after hearing the oncoming train.
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