Video: California officers ignored dying man's distress
Source: Associated Press
Oct 8, 5:56 PM EDT
Video: California officers ignored dying man's distress
AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A police video ordered released by a California judge shows officers repeatedly ignoring signs of medical distress in a man they suspected of being a drug dealer, even telling a 911 dispatcher to ignore calls from his family for help.
Hours later, the man was dead from methamphetamine intoxication.
The video was captured by cameras worn by officers in the Southern California desert city of El Centro. It was released Thursday following a judge's ruling that cited public interest in police dealings with minorities and law enforcement's use of body cameras.
The release comes amid a wrongful death lawsuit against El Centro and the officers involved by the family of 57-year-old Charlie Sampson, who died Dec. 3, 2013.
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And make the LAPD pay, pay, pay.
SOBs.
