In March 23, 2000 a young man named Jerry Amaro was brutally beaten in a drug arrest. For no reason approximately five policemen beat an 18 year old when they suspected him for drugs. Amaro was in jail for five days and was put into extensive care because of five fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. Jerry needed more care for his deathly wounds but instead he went home with his friend then died three days later on April 23, 2000. The mother of the young man, Geraldine Montoya filed for wrongful-death settlement in March 2009 costing 1.7 million dollars for the city of Oakland. She filed the lawsuit shortly after detailed information of the investigation was leaked to the press.
At first there was no mention of the life threatening force used during the arrest because one of the policemen forged the signature on the report. The commanding officer also met up with some of the policemen before an interview to prep them. Officers didn’t even attempt to get medical help for Jerry Amaro even though he was complaining about stinging pain in his ribs. This attack was uncalled for even when Jerry wasn’t resisting the arrest. This could have been a racial discrimination act or very corrupted officers who got their anger out on an innocent man. Amaro didn’t talk much about the attack or jail but from the evidence provided the judge should have enough information to convict the five policemen that brutally beat a young man in a drug sting arrest.
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