By City News Service
Jun 4, 2021
LONG BEACH (CNS) - The city of Long Beach regained control of the Queen Mary today for the first time in four decades, with the previous operator surrendering leases for oversight of the vessel, which is in need of millions of dollars in urgent repair work.
Recent reports on the state of the vessel concluded that it could potentially sink absent an estimated $23 million in immediate repairs.
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said the city plans to take swift action to restore the ship now that it has operational control of the vessel for the first time since 1978.
The Long Beach City Council on Tuesday will consider the immediate authorization of $500,000 in Tidelands Critical Infrastructure funds to begin work on safety and stability.
The city of Long Beach regained control of the Queen Mary Friday for the first time in four decades, with the previous operator surrendering leases for.
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Just days after Long Beach agreed to pay $325,000 to the family of a 25-year-old man who died after a confrontation with security officers in the Downtown jail, newly obtained details reveal he was Tasered at least seven times and left handcuffed and face down in the minutes before his death.
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Police officials say that in the aftermath of the November 2018, death of Alan Ramos, more than a dozen changes were implemented in the jail, including retraining some officers on the use of Tasers and on the suffocation dangers of keeping an individual handcuffed and prone.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner did not, however, conclude that Ramos’ face-down position for some 15 minutes or the numerous shocks simultaneously administered by multiple officers influenced his death.