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An investigation found that at least 16 people died in California over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative.
Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived.
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the past 15 years. The strategy, intended to reduce violence and save lives, has proven deadly, and disproportionate: Of the 94 who died over the past decade; about half were Black. The deaths illustrate an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer’s gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the past 15 years. The strategy, intended to reduce violence and save lives, has proven deadly, and disproportionate: Of the 94 who died over the past decade; about half were Black. The deaths illustrate an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer’s gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the past 15 years. The strategy, intended to reduce violence and save lives, has proven deadly, and disproportionate: Of the 94 who died over the past decade; about half were Black. The deaths illustrate an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer’s gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe.