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.
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 administered by multiple officers influenced his death.
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The memorial shrine to Andres “Andy” Sierra at the W. Broadway homeless encampment under the 2 Freeway, Feb. 28, 2021. | Photo by Jane Demian
Homeless man in Eagle Rock encampment died of drug overdose, coroner finds
By T.A. Hendrickson
“Acute methamphetamine toxicity” caused the death of Andres Sierra, 62, the homeless man who died on February 23 in the encampment under the 2 Freeway in Eagle Rock. In reporting the cause of death, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner also noted that Sierra had other significant medical conditions, including heart disease.
The circumstances of Sierra’s death are sadly familiar to health officials who track deaths on the street.