L.A. County to pay $3.8M to family of man who died after being shocked by stun gun

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to pay $3.8 million to the household of a person who died after a sheriff’s deputy shocked him with stun gun seven years in the past.

Family of Brian Pickett alleged in a lawsuit that deputies used extreme drive throughout the 2015 incident in Willowbrook.

In a memo recommending supervisors settle the case, county legal professionals mentioned whereas the deputies claimed their actions have been affordable, the payout was wanted due to the “dangers and uncertainties of litigation,” the Los Angeles Occasions reported.

Deputies responded to a disturbance name on the dwelling of Pickett’s mom, who advised authorities he was threatening her after taking medicine, in keeping with an incident abstract connected to the memo obtained by the Occasions.

Pickett refused instructions to put his fingers behind his again and step out a WC and grew more and more agitated, the abstract mentioned. That’s when a deputy fired his stun gun, surprising him for 29 seconds, practically six of the gadget’s 5-second activation cycles, in keeping with the Occasions.

After Pickett was handcuffed, he went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced useless at a hospital.

Prosecutors concluded that deputies used lawful drive and declined to file felony expenses. Sheriff’s officers discovered using drive was inside division coverage, the Occasions mentioned.