The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved $47.6M in payments to settle four lawsuits and one legal claim alleging misconduct by sheriff’s deputies in incidents that left four men dead and one paralyzed.
Asked for comment about the settlements — which do not include any admission of wrongdoing, the Sheriff’s Department sent this statement to LAist:"When the Board of Supervisors directs County Counsel to do a matador defense on LASD lawsuits, this is what happens."
Neal was shot once in the back inside his bedroom at his parent’s Malibu home. His mother had called 911 hoping deputies would take her son, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia, to a mental hospital. The office of then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to file criminal charges against the deputy who shot Neal, saying Neal had threatened to kill deputies and was running toward a door “while armed with knives.” “It was reasonable” for the deputies “to fear that Neal may attack” them, the DA’s office concluded.Eric Esteban Briceno, 39, died after a physical altercation with four deputies on March 16, 2020.
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