FAMILY OF WEHO MAN KILLED IN SAN DIEGO PLANS TO SUE

STEVEN PAUL HIRSHFIELD

I posted this story earlier in the week....

Steven Hirschfield's family does not believe the police accounts and plans to sue.

Hirschfield was the dancer who fell overboard into the water from a gay pride party boat in San Diego.

The lawyer for the family states the version of events by the police "complete fabrication;"

"The officer who shot him had a Taser – why didn't he use it? And if he was in a brawl, why isn't there more evidence of that? There was very little scratching or bruising on his body."

KNBC: "Results of an autopsy released Monday showed he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Claypool said medical examiners confirmed Hirschfield was shot in the back and his family believes officers acted with "excessive force" and disputes accounts given by police. 'It is our belief based on a witness account and information learned through the autopsy performed by the San Diego County coroner that Mr. Hirschfield was not the aggressor and was not involved in a brawl with police officers prior to being executed by this police officer,' [their] attorney [Brian Claypool] said."

KNBC continues:Claypool said his suit would seek punitive damages from the Harbor Police Department. He told KNSD-TV he was first contacted about the case by a civil rights watchdog group that monitors alleged police brutality matters.
"I think this is a gay-rights issue," Claypool said.

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