Posted on 07/22/2026 3:20:47 PM PDT by artichokegrower
Sacramento County paid a $1.62 million settlement to the family of a man who died after a police chase, after law enforcement officials allegedly blocked paramedics from rendering aid for two and a half hours. The October agreement settles part of a federal lawsuit regarding the 2021 death of Amelian Houff, 20, of Hayward. The case against the Sacramento Police Department, which is also named as a defendant in the suit, is still ongoing.
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Sacramento County taxpayers paid a $1.62 million settlement to the family of a man who died after a police chase, after law enforcement...
There. Fixed it.
Ill gotten gains!
When I worked for a company buying loans during the s and l crises, there were quite a few loans with these collections as collateral.
“… after law enforcement officials allegedly blocked paramedics from rendering aid for two and a half hours.”
Maybe the county could not explain that one.
“… after law enforcement officials allegedly blocked paramedics from rendering aid for two and a half hours.”
I need to know more about this before I take sides. Did the cops believe there were explosives in the car? Was the guy already dead? If the above is true, there had better have been a pretty good reason for denying emergency medical treatment.
What if he had a weapon and shot the paramedics
yep
2 hours later ?
What if monkeys flew out of his a$$, right ?
I looks like they have a policy of not letting the medics in until they are sure they will be safe, which is difficult with the criminal and car up a tree. I don't like just sending the first ambulance away, and the article didn't have a reason for it. Joking about The Dukes of Hazzard probably didn't help the cop's case.
The car was stuck up in a tree and the cops didn’t have a clear view inside.
“I need to know more about this before I take sides. “
Start by reading the article.
I guess the safest thing would be to wait 24 hrs right ?
The officer in charge felt that Houff might be armed and he wanted to get a drone shot to ensure the safety of the paramedics...protocol actually. Shame this negroe was in the middle of turning his life around too. But even the best get “HUNG UP” (like in a tree?) hahahahahahaha Ghetto lottery winner here!
What?? Well I guess I have heard of people doing that.
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