加州圣迭戈县以290万美元和解2022年埃尔卡洪警员枪击案：男子按指令趴下时中枪，和解款终身分期支付
加利福尼亚州圣迭戈县消息：原告律师事务所 McKenzie Scott PC 10月27日宣布，圣迭戈县政府同意支付290万美元，和解2022年埃尔卡洪市（El Cajon）一起警员枪击案引发的联邦民权诉讼；中枪男子 Erik Talavera 在两名县警长办公室警员向其开枪后幸存。
这起诉讼（Talavera 诉圣迭戈县等，案号 3:23-cv-2162-TWR-SBC）在美国加州南区联邦地区法院审理，原定数周后进入陪审团审判，双方已于9月23日达成和解。据原告律师一方陈述，2022年2月16日，警员 David Lovejoy 与 Jonathan Young 在一次区域汽车盗窃专案行动中，在埃尔卡洪一处死胡同内持枪命令 Talavera 趴下，并在其顺从指令、面朝下趴向地面时多次向他开枪。
原告律师称，Talavera 当时正把一把口袋刀放到地上；两名警员事后声称误以为他持有枪支，但两人当晚的陈述均未提及枪支。诉状指控警员违反美国宪法第四修正案、过度使用武力，并违反加州《Bane 法案》。该律师事务所的声明未包含圣迭戈县政府方面的回应。
律所表示，和解款的大部分将以终身保证的按月分期方式支付，用于 Talavera 今后的医疗护理与生活开支。
San Diego County, California Settles 2022 El Cajon Deputy Shooting Lawsuit for $2.9 Million in Lifetime Structured Payments
San Diego County, California: The County of San Diego has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over the 2022 deputy shooting of Erik Talavera in El Cajon, plaintiff law firm McKenzie Scott PC announced on October 27. Talavera survived after two San Diego County Sheriff's deputies shot him while he was complying with their commands, according to the firm.
The case, Talavera v. County of San Diego, Case No. 3:23-cv-2162-TWR-SBC, was settled on September 23 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, less than two weeks before a jury trial was set to begin. On February 16, 2022, deputies David Lovejoy and Jonathan Young responded to an El Cajon cul-de-sac during a regional auto-theft task force operation and ordered Talavera to the ground at gunpoint.
Talavera's attorneys say expert analysis showed the deputies shot him repeatedly while he was facing away and going to the ground, and that he was setting a pocketknife on the ground when they opened fire; the deputies later said they mistakenly believed he might have had a gun, though neither mentioned a gun that night. The lawsuit alleged Fourth Amendment excessive force and violations of California's Bane Act. The firm's announcement did not include a response from the county.
Much of the recovery is structured as monthly payments guaranteed for the rest of Talavera's life to support his ongoing medical care and living expenses, the firm said.
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