Civil Litigation
Apr. 7, 2021
Family sues LAPD, says excessive tasing led to heart attack
Representing the family, Marina del Rey civil rights attorney V. James DeSimone compared the officers’ use of force to those of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
The family of a man who died in custody filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the city of Los Angeles and its police department, saying officers excessively tased the man, sending him into cardiac arrest.
Filed in a federal court in Los Angeles, the lawsuit says four officers used excessive force in apprehending burglar suspect Daniel Rivera of Arleta by piling on top of him and tasing him four times last ...
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