Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 30, 2017
Wrongful death suit filed against police department over death of mentally ill man
A law firm has sued over the suffocation death of a mentally ill man whose mother called police for assistance in getting him to a psychiatrist.
Civil rights litigation firm Hadsell Stormer & Renick LLP has filed suit against the Whittier Police Department on behalf of the family of a mentally ill man who allegedly was suffocated to death by police after his mother called them to help get her son to a psychiatrist.
According to lead attorney Dan Stormer, six police officers piled on top of Jonathan Salcido, who was barefoot, unarmed, and trying to climb a fence to escap...
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