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Family Demands Justice After Isaias Cervantes Shot, Critically Injured By LASD Deputies
The family of a 25-year-old man with intellectual disabilities who was critically injured after deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shot him called for justice Monday in downtown Los Angeles.
losangeles.cbslocal.com
The family of a 25-year-old man with intellectual disabilities who was critically injured after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot him at his Cudahy home called for justice Monday in downtown Los Angeles.
“We are hurt, we are angry,” Yadira Cervantes, the man’s sister, said. “My brother’s not a criminal. We are not criminals, we were treated like criminals in our own house.”
Attorneys said the family called authorities March 31 to help calm Isaias Cervantes, who is autistic, deaf and has intellectual disabilities. Attorney Austin Dove said Isaias was unarmed and, within three minutes after arriving at the home in Cudahy, two deputies body slammed him face forward on the ground and choked him.
“With all that, they’re claiming that Isaias was trying to disarm them…it’s physically impossible,” Dove said. “And so within these seconds, he’s shot in the back from point blank range.”
Wow. Absolute monsters.