Government,
Criminal
Aug. 7, 2020
Bill seeks to make it easier for those injured by police to receive compensation
Compensation could not be denied on the grounds that at injured claimant was in the act of committing a crime or failed to reasonably cooperate with police under Assembly Bill 767.
California could be the first state to compensate people involved in a violent encounter with police even if the claimants were committing a crime and the officers were not found to have used excessive force, under a bill being considered by the Senate Public Safety Committee today.
Compensation could not be denied on the grounds that at injured claimant was in the act of committing a crime or failed to reasonably cooperate with pol...
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