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New scrutiny for closed investigation into deadly Fresno police shooting

By Michael Haddad October 25, 2019

https://abc30.com/new-scrutiny-for-closed-investigation-into-deadly-fresno-police-shooting/5642160/ FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — There’s new scrutiny for a closed investigation after Action News acquired video of a Fresno police officer shooting and killing an unarmed teenager who was under investigation in connection with a homicide. The April 2017 case seems headed for a trial next year, but legal…

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Shooting an unarmed teen in the back of the head was justified, police said. Then video emerged.

By Michael Haddad October 24, 2019

Alex Horton/Washington Post Isiah Murrietta-Golding, fleeing the police, leaps a metal fence, tumbling head over heels. The officers are blocked. The teenager runs, trying to hold up his pants. He is unaware a Fresno police officer has contorted his body into a shooting stance from the other side, where the…

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The City of Vallejo, California, Has a Police Problem—and It’s All Being Caught on Camera

By Michael Haddad June 13, 2019

C.J. Ciaramella / Reason Magazine “As long as the command staff, the police department, and the city attorney’s office is actively working to enable their misconduct and lawlessness, it’s going to continue,” Haddad says. Read Article

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Mendocino County jail death results in $5 million settlement

By Michael Haddad March 12, 2019

Julie Johnson / The Press Democrat SANTA ROSA – The brother of a Mendocino County man who died while being restrained at the jail has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $5 million in an agreement that requires two law enforcement agencies provide new training procedures for handling people in…

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Entire Sean Arlt investigation report released online: Santa Cruz police change policy regarding use of force

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP January 25, 2019

SANTA CRUZ Complete investigation reports eight exhibits and 17 sections with witnesses names blotched out by black ink of a deadly police shooting on the Westside in October 2016 appeared publicly on the Santa Cruz Police Department website Thursd…

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Haddad & Sherwin LLP Win Second and Third Largest California Civil Rights Settlements in 2017

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP January 12, 2019

After winning the largest ever civil rights wrongful death settlement in California history in 2015, Haddad & Sherwin LLP won the second and third largest California civil rights settlements in 2017. We are proud to fight aggressively and successful…

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Napa city, county pay $5 million to settle suit over child’s murder

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP January 3, 2019

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Napa City and County settle lawsuit over Kayleigh Slusher’s death for $5 million

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP January 2, 2019

The city and county of Napa will split a $5 million payment to the father and the grandparents of 3-year-old Kayleigh Slusher, whose death in January 2014 resulted in murder convictions of the child’s mother and the mother’s boyfriend. Kayleigh’s fat…

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Kayleigh Slusher Settlement Agreement: Napa Police Department Reforms

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP January 2, 2019

Here is the Settlement Agreement of the Napa Police Department’s reforms agreed as a result of Kayleigh’s lawsuit. These reforms will move the Napa Police Department to a nationally prominent role in protecting children from child abuse and neglect…

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Within Our Reach

By Haddad & Sherwin LLP December 28, 2018

United States government report on preventing child abuse and neglect…

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- New scrutiny for closed investigation into deadly Fresno police shooting
  
  https://abc30.com/new-scrutiny-for-closed-investigation-into-deadly-fresno-police-shooting/5642160/ FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — There’s new scrutiny for a closed investigation after Action News…
- Shooting an unarmed teen in the back of the head was justified, police said. Then video emerged.
  
  Alex Horton/Washington Post Isiah Murrietta-Golding, fleeing the police, leaps a metal fence, tumbling head over…
- The City of Vallejo, California, Has a Police Problem—and It’s All Being Caught on Camera
  
  C.J. Ciaramella / Reason Magazine “As long as the command staff, the police department, and…
- Mendocino County jail death results in $5 million settlement
  
  Julie Johnson / The Press Democrat SANTA ROSA – The brother of a Mendocino County…
- Entire Sean Arlt investigation report released online: Santa Cruz police change policy regarding use of force
  
  SANTA CRUZ Complete investigation reports eight exhibits and 17 sections with witnesses names blotched out by black ink of a deadly police shooting on the Westside in October 2016 appeared publicly on the Santa Cruz Police Department website Thursd…