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DA clears law enforcement officers of wrongdoing in four in-custody deaths, notes meth as a factor in each [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that it has cleared police officers and sheriff’s deputies involved in four unrelated incidents in which men lost consciousness during their respective arrests and later died.
Methamphetamine was a factor in all four deaths, the office said.
The District Attorney’s Office found that the officers or deputies involved in each incident had acted reasonably and bore no criminal liability.
The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that three of the deaths were accidental. A district attorney spokeswoman said the fourth case, in which an Oceanside police fired a Taser, was classified a homicide. The classification does not require criminal intent or intent to harm, the spokeswoman said.
SAN DIEGO
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that it has cleared police officers and sheriff’s deputies involved in four unrelated incidents in which men lost consciousness during their respective arrests and later died.
Methamphetamine was a factor in all four deaths, the office said.
The District Attorney’s Office found that the officers or deputies involved in each incident had acted reasonably and bore no criminal liability.
The Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that three of the deaths were accidental. A district attorney spokeswoman said the fourth case, in which an Oceanside police fired a Taser, was classified a homicide. The classification does not require criminal intent or intent to harm, the spokeswoman said.
County DA rules officers, deputies involved in four in-custody deaths not liable
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Matt Boone
and last updated 2020-12-18 15:58:01-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â The San Diego County District Attorney s Office said Friday that officers and deputies involved in four in-custody deaths were not criminally liable.
The in-custody deaths happened between September 2019 and May 2020. DA said that each incident involved a person who had methamphetamine in their system at the time of death, which the Medical Examiner said was a factor in their death.