The City of San Jose has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of David Tovar, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by police in 2021, after an excessive force lawsuit alleged that the officers’ actions caused Tovar to suffer an “agonizing and torturous death”.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied qualified immunity to two Oakland police officers accused of provoking a deadly pursuit that resulted in the death of Lolomania “Lolo” Soakai and the serious injury of his mother and others, allowing the Soakai family’s federal civil rights lawsuit to proceed.
Special to the Vanguard Placerville, CA – Medical staff at El Dorado County Jail never gave an…
By The Vanguard Staff SAN FRANCISCO, CA – U.S. District Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler here, as of…