San Diego Police sued over use of force on a mentally ill man
Officers punched and tased Deleon after he walked away from them during a May 8 altercation. Deleon suffered a minor head injury and internal injuries in the arrest.
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Officers punched and tased Deleon after he walked away from them during a May 8 altercation. Deleon suffered a minor head injury and internal injuries in the arrest.
The city's Board of Mayor and Alderman voted on Dec. 29, 2021, to increase the maximum penalty of one-day suspension to five days.
"The behavior of the officer was indefensible, in my opinion, but it did not rise to a level of termination," Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said.