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This image from Los Angeles Police Department body-camera video shows the police encounter with Jedison Swagerty, 32, on July 20, 2018. Swagerty was on the side of a busy road yelling and thrashing about, when two police officers arrived. The encounter ended with several officers forcibly holding Swagerty down in a prone position and emergency medical technicians injecting him with a sedative. Swagerty suffered cardiac arrest in the ambulance and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The coroner ruled the death accidental. (Los Angeles Police Department, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)While California is widely considered one of the most progressive states in the nation, local law enforcement officers for decades have had their on-duty actions veiled by some of the strongest privacy protections in the country.
Originally published at The Associated Press