Officers pressured Thomas Perez Jr of Fontana to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive, and threatened to kill his dogA California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive.During the 2018 interrogation of Thomas Perez Jr by police in Fontana, a city east of Los Angeles, officers suggested they would have Perez’s dog euthanized as a result of his actions, according to a complaint and footage of the encounter. A judge said the questioning appeared to be “unconstitutional psychological torture”, and the city agreed to settle Perez’s lawsuit for $898,000, his lawyer announced this week. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/california-fontana-payment-man-tortured-police
Author : Sam Levin in Los Angeles
Publish date : 2024-05-24 22:18:22
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