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Opinion: Floyd case and San Diego case have parallels — and key differences

San Diego leaders in civil rights movement herald Chauvin guilty verdicts

Print Leaders in the civil rights movement across San Diego County cheered the jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin criminal case Tuesday, saying the trio of guilty findings will ripple across the community and help improve policing across the nation. But as welcome as the verdicts were, more work remains to be done, several activists said. “As the mother of a Black son, my first born, this is a step in the right direction,” said Francine Maxwell, president of the San Diego branch of the NAACP. “This has taught my son today what hope looks like, that when police don’t obey the law, this is what justice looks like.”

Transit Agency, Security Firm Settle Knee-on-Neck Death Lawsuit for $5 5M

Transit Agency, Security Firm Settle Knee-on-Neck Death Lawsuit for $5.5M April 21, 2021 San Diego County’s transportation agency has apologized and agreed to pay $5.5 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who died after a security officer kept a knee on his neck for several minutes. It was announced this week that the Metropolitan Transit System, its security contractor and their insurers will split the payment in a mediated settlement over the 2019 death of 24- year-old Angel Zapata Hernandez. The agency last summer revised its use-of-force policies, including banning chokeholds and knee restraints for the head, throat and neck.

California Transit Agency Settles Death Lawsuit for $5 5M

California Transit Agency Settles Death Lawsuit for $5.5M April 21, 2021 San Diego County’s transportation agency has apologized and agreed to pay $5.5 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who died after a security officer kept a knee on his neck for several minutes. It was announced this week that the Metropolitan Transit System, its security contractor and their insurers will split the payment in a mediated settlement over the 2019 death of 24- year-old Angel Zapata Hernandez. The agency last summer revised its use-of-force policies, including banning chokeholds and knee restraints for the head, throat and neck. The announcement comes in the midst of the trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin pinned his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 1/2 minutes last May.

Opinion: A Minneapolis jury said George Floyd was murdered, but America s justice system remains on trial

Opinion: A Minneapolis jury said George Floyd was murdered, but America s justice system remains on trial
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