Mar. 21, 2025
Kern County federal jury awards $30.5M to family of man police killed
After a traffic stop in Mojave in 2020, an encounter occurred between a sheriff's deputy and a driver, which resulted in the officer shooting multiple times.
A federal jury in Kern County awarded $30.5 million to the family of a man who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in 2020.
The verdict was announced Thursday by attorneys for the victim's family, including J. Bernard Alexander III of Alexander Morrison + Fehr LLP in Los Angeles.
"It took four years to get the truth out, and it's unfortunate that the sheriff's department maligned a person who was dead and couldn't defend himself under cir...
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