He wore an Ecko brand hoodie sweatshirt, gloves and a backpack on the night of Jan. 22, 2020. He was walking through the parking lot of a local supermarket when he was confronted by Officer Marisa Burkdoll.
Burkdoll told Rubio police had gotten calls of a man looking into vehicles. Rubio dismissed the accusation and said the only reason he was being stopped was because of the color of his skin. You don t face racism because you re not brown, Rubio told Burkdoll early in the encounter after the officer told him she was mixed race.
Less than eight minutes later, Rubio would be handcuffed and bloodied by dog bites.
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Unjustified violence : California man files civil rights lawsuit after police ordered dog to bite eight times during 2020 arrest
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Visalia man sues Visalia Police Department following K9 bite, attorney claims there s a pattern of misconduct
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VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) A Visalia man who was bitten by a police K-9 during his arrest has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Visalia and several of its police officers. There was no violence, there were no threats, there was no attempt to flee, in fact, there wasn t even a crime committed, says V. James DeSimone, the attorney representing Raymundo Rubio said during a virtual press conference Monday.
DeSimone released edited body camera video of Rubio being bitten by a Visalia Police K-9 and arrested in January of 2020.