Abrahams family settles with Woodland after taser death

By David Greenwald at The People's Vanguard of Davis:

The parents of Ricardo Abrahams have settled a portion of their law suit, the portion that sued the city of Woodland and four police officers for the tasering incident on May 28, 2008 where Mr. Abrahams eventually died not from the Taser strikes but rather from positional asphyxia--being improperly handcuffed in a prone position. The coroner concluded that the weight of the victim contributed to his death.

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