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A federal judge ruled that it should be up to a jury to determine the legality of a Brentwood officer's failure to call off his dog after a woman suspected of retail theft surrendered to police, court records show.
A federal judge ruled that it should be up to a jury to determine the legality of a Brentwood officer's failure to call off his dog after a woman suspected of retail theft surrendered to police, court records show.
PLEASANTON â As a wrongful death lawsuit moves toward a possible summer trial, recently released police body-cam video shows a 38-year-old mentally ill man saying "I can't breathe," as Pleasanton officers straddled him and restrained him during an arrest. Jacob Bauer, who was dead by the time he reached a hospital following the fracas Aug. 1, 2018, was repeatedly shocked with a Taser gun during the struggle with up to eight officers, one of whom responded to Bauer that he could indeed breathe because he was yelling. "This is worse than George Floyd," said Bauer family attorney Gary Gwill...