At least 15 people in Texas, including in Austin, die after medics injected sedatives during police encounters
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KVUE— At least 15 people died in Texas over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them...
NBC Bay Area—At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police. An investigation by The Associated Press has found that at least 16 people died in California over a decade following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative. The deaths happened in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego and cities in Orange and San Bernardino counties. It was impossible for the AP to determine the exact role injections may have played in the deaths, which medical officials typically blame on drug use...
WCVB—Risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police. Demetrio Jackson's death illustrates an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer's gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
KSBW—Risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police. Demetrio Jackson's death illustrates an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer's gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe.