Deputies fatally beat California man experiencing mental health crisis, lawsuit claims

The family of a 32-year-old man who died after San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies used force to detain him last year is suing the city of Rancho Cucamonga and the Sheriff’s Department, accusing them of excessive force and wrongful death.

Deputies responded shortly after midnight on March 19, 2024, to an apartment complex in the 10100 block of Foothill Boulevard, where at least one caller reported someone “in distress and behaving erratically,” according to the lawsuit.

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