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SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego County will pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill man who died after deputies tried to forcefully remove him from a jail cell.
The Union-Tribune says it’s the largest settlement for an in-custody fatality in the county jail system.
Paul Silva was jailed after his mother called police because he was experiencing a psychotic episode.
The suit says deputies used a stun gun and held him down using a body shield while trying to extract him from a cell.
He died at a hospital.
The family sued after prosecutors found no crime had been committed by deputies.
