NBC News).The officers allegedly used a stun gun, and then tackled Rodriguez. He later passed away at a hospital; a state medical examiner ruled his death homicide by asphyxiation.In police body cam footage obtained by NBC News, one of the officers appears to shoot Rodriguez in the back with a stun gun.
Several other officers seemingly then use their stun guns on Rodriguez after he fell to the ground.“I just didn’t want to have to beat the boy to death,” one of the officers appears to say.
A federal wrongful death lawsuit alleged that one of the officers called Rodriguez a “sweaty little hog.”According to the civil suit filed by the family, “officers failed to render aid and continued to pin Fernando to the ground” for nearly four minutes.
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