The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved nearly $50 million in settlements Tuesday of litigation stemming from allegations of misconduct or excessive force by sheriff's deputies.
The board approved settlements in five cases, with the largest totaling $16.5 million for a man who was shot by a sheriff's deputy inside the bedroom of his family's home in Malibu in 2019, leaving him a paraplegic.
"Tim Neal's settlement with the county of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department needs to be a wake-up call for how law enforcement responds to mental health crises,'' Kiesel said in a statement. She called deputies again the following morning asking if they could remove her son from the residence. Deputies forced their way into the bedroom, and found Neal holding two large kitchen knives, which he refused to drop despite orders from deputies, one of whom unsuccessfully deployed a Taser, according to the district attorney's report.
In a statement released by Kiesel following Tuesday's county board vote, Neal said, "I hope this terrible event that has cost me the use of my lower body brings about long overdue changes in how law enforcement addresses mental health crises; not as a crime but as an illness. My mom just wanted me to get help and I ended up in a wheelchair. I only pray the county learns from this tragedy and prevents something like this from ever happening to others.
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