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Consolidatod'Gaso Nos, 1 2-0980,

CALIFORN IA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECT]ONS AND REHABILITATI ON

Propoeod Decislon

Appeals from Dlemlssal

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STAIHMENIBT rHH

CIAsH,
Bloc[<,

Thls mqttdr aamo on regularly for hearing before Terl L.

Law Jurige (ALJ), Stato PersonnoI Board (S.pB), on Octohpr

Adrrinlstratlve

i through 12,2012, and

october 18,2a12, rit $acranrento, callfornla. Tlre cssa was subrnltted upon receipt of
oral closlng argumenls on October 1g,ZelZ.'

AppeilanHl-,Call'fornla Correctiona
I

anof

were present and reprosonled hyAar'on Cohen and Jirn Hamlson, Staff Logal Couns"l,
Peace Cfficers Associafl o n.

AppetlantIwqspreSentandreprosentedbyMarkKrtrgor,Attopney
qt Law,

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Respondenl, California Departrnent

of

Cotrectjons

and

Rohabilitaqon

(Rospondent, CDCR, or Department), Wd$ reprcsentecl by Ryan Siomantel, Staff

Counsel, a.nd Joe Barbara, Senlor $taff Counsel, CDCR. Responclent disrnleeerl ail'frve Appellonts on grounde thut Appoflante

t!

and

witnessed Appellant

u$o unneopssary and

oxcotslve fqrco on an lnmate and failed to lntervens;. Respondontalso chargod that all

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lugu

five Appllants falled to documont fuily and aoouratery

use of foroe, and that all llod about the lnclrlent whon lntervlawed by the Office of
lntemalAffalrs (OlA),
,Appellants denled ail charges and fired the hrstant ccrnsoildatsd appeal,

-r

I,*

allegod exoessrve

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1,

Dld Roepondent prove tho oharges by a prepondarance of evidence?

lf

Rospondent provecl the chargos by a proponderance of ihe evidence,

dld

Appellants' conducf constitute a vlolatloh of Gov.emment code secilon 1gETz,

subdlvlslons (d) inoxousable neglect

of duty; (f)

dtshoriesty;

(o) willful

disobedionce; (r) other.falrure of good bohavlor.ithg durlrrg or outslde of duty

hours whloh is of such

nahrro thet

lt cauges dlsmedrt to the appolnting

authorlty

or the person's

e'mploymontl and,

ln the case of 'Appollant

I,
3. .'

(n) diucourteous treaiment of the

pubrrc or other ernproyoes?

lf Appellunts' concluci violated Governrnent Cods section 1g571, what is the

appropriate penatty as to oach Appottanf?
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At the comnlonc$ment of tho evidentlary hearlng, the pariiee stipulatocl to tho

a'dmtsslbltity of Jolnt Exltlbits J-1

13, and further, that Jolnt Exhiblts J-11 and

j-iZ

would be admltted under s.eal, Additionally, Respondent's Flrst Agrended hequest for officiatAdntlnlstrative Notloe of the Callfornla Code of Regulalons, 11e 2, secilon 122;

and, title'15, eectlons 3ZA7. AZAB.1, 8270, 8271, 3801, and 8413, was granted.

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Reopondont's request for Offlclal Adntlnlstratlve Notlce -- of tho Dopartrnent Operallon's

-, Manual (DoM) sectlong 04080,8,1, 9d040,s,2, ancl-, 83080.3,8 pursunnt to Evidenoe

Codo sectio

4sl,subcilvlslon (h)1 was gtanted, with the caveat that Appellants cquld

objeot if it was.dlsoovered,durlng the hoarlng that one or more of the DOM secflons
citecl were not operatlve at the tlme of the evente ln queslion, No such obJeclon was

raised at any polnt during the proceocllngs.

Fll,rRtN.GggHJAgI
Thd following facts were proved by a prepondoranco of evidirnce:

1. .

Appellants' lncllvldual work hlstorie$ ar6 aB follows:

.

Tltte/Name

Hire Date Prlor.Advsr,so Actions (cDcR).

coryqglon3t 0frlcer (coj

c0lr *.*rE
c0I
(C0
2.
rr

II

Correctlo nal soigoan I

(CS)I
seven yeais)

four years; C$

f,IIE,
II
.jt

bnd'rrl
20i1.

hact

no deallngs of any kind wiilr lnmate

bofore June 29,

On ono prlor

occasion,f

'.r.1

was

Evidenoe Cocie section 452, subdlvlslcin (h) prwldoa for dlscroilonary *[flacte Judiclal noilos of and propoeltlono that are not reasonably eubfeit.tii and are ,apalird .f nrm"urato-rna-';ilffii; {bputo -' deternllnqtlon by roeort to oourooe ot'roasonably lrrdla'putabre accurocyi-'-

'-

ths cornmencolllont o-f ttro ovldoirtiary hearlng, offlclal nollco wag takon of nnirai 'At h!storyrecordsg6nelatedbytltostatocclrtrotteriiyl!ce._HE

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Ca$e No. 1I-0840 caso No. 12"0941 Case No. 1Z-oM? Caso No,12"08Z6 paga 4 of BO

lnntatelas

a staff ropresontatlve on an unrelated

nratter, which rerolvod withoUt lncldoni,

il. III

and

lf

had golfed together 0n on6 occasion. Orhenuise,

Appellante had no soclal rslstionshlp wlth one another outsldo of work prlor to

*n: Incident In quesflon.

4,

cn Juno

29,2a11, Appellants were asslgned to

wok seiond watch

(6:00

a,m. to 2:00 p,rn.) on D Facirity at mornlng,

$tats prison

(rsny.

That

wae corrrploting paperwork in the program Offlce when I lnmatol wae escorted to a hording cell lnslde the pr.ogram ofllce. was'told that lnmate E rcedecl a psychiatr.lc evatuatton f
becauee he had threatened to harnr $taff snd cornmit sulokJe,

5. I

arrangod to hnve

tnmatef

examtnod

by'i medioaidoctor, who

inforned

Ir

that the thleats wore oredihle and that the inmate should be

sent to ths Corlectional Treatrnent contor (CTC) for further evalualorr,

'lnrrt.a CSII.
B. ts

rolayed this Information to

Lieutenantl,
hy Mo

who ord+l.ed that

be eecorted to

crb

cos,

forlorued nv a third

Go

an<i

roquestecl

IandI
r,
placed

to oscort Inmate

ff

to CTC, and

asked a third co,

tp Join hinr and foilow the esoort.

7, Iandf

lnmateff

in handouffs behlncl hjs baok and

escortod him out of the Program Offico across the pailo toward the olosecl

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gate leading to the velrlcle sally port (the patro Gate),,

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Pago S of 93

rf

and

followed eeveral feet behlnd. At that flme, Facllity D was ln,lockdown,

meanlng thero wero no lnrnates on tho exerclse yar-d and no lnmates wore. permltted to niove about the faclllty wlthout an oscort, Tho vehicle sally port was orflpty,
B.

+
ntul,

wBS a gunner ln obseruatlon Tower

r,

whlch was approxlmately

{0 foet

ovorloofiirrg the Fadllty D exerctso yard (yard) on ono slde, and the
l..le

vehicle sally port on ([rs oppogito eldo,

war tho only gunnor tn Tower

and was rosponstble for rnonltorlng actlvlttes on the yurO *n6 vehlcte'sally

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.
9.

port, as well as openiirg hnd closing various 0ates, lnoludlng tho pailo Gate.

As tho oscod approachod,

Gate,

shoutod up to

to open the patio

Because the control panel that operalecl flro pailo Gaie was broken at tho

timo,I

had to step outside the lower antl vtsually watch the gate in orcler

to conftrrn that the gato was proporly opening arid closing. l-le also hacl to
rnan[a{ly depress ths butfon ihal oponod and closed tha'gerte oontinuously

whlle the gato oponed and croescl, lt ls possible to check the paflo Gate
vleually from inslde Towor 1, but vlsrbility ts better lf the gunnor steps outglde and checks from the patio slde,

l'hs

yards,

distanoo from the Progr.am offloo rloor io the Patlo Gate ls 151 fsel,

l0lnches

approxlmately E0

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10. Whona!

requosted

I1o

open the geto,

rtopped outslde.

Tower 1 on the pailo slde to watoh the patio Gato opon wtrite

ITTII
vehicls sally.port. After the group passscl

and

through,I

began

lo close tho

gate, visually chocklng from the pa{o slde to watch the gate close behind tho
grbup.

11,

was on Inmate

I't

left

am

and

lf

wss on his right arrn as

the escort proceeded. Aftor walklng approxlmately five to seven feet lnto the vehicle sally port,

lnmatel !

pulled hls left ann away and turned toward

I,

who finmediatery shouted, "Get clownl,

f,s

comrnand Inltiated a

code I alarm, whlch

fotlowed with a "code

r, drroctivs by radio.

12. A Cods

alarnr requires dosignatecl responders, lncludlng COs and rnedlcal

gtaff, io report imrnediatoly io

tre slte of an lrrcidenl

ancl asslst ln whatover.

wffy neos$$ary to ensure officer and inmEte cafety.

WhenI
*

heard, ,,Got

downl'. he.atopped closlng the pallo Gato and began oprntng

ti manuafiy

' depresolng the 'openo'buttort

for appioxlmately five seconcls

long errough to

allow code 1 rosponders to gain access to the vehlclo sally por1.

13,

andf

swffilytook

Inmoto-to

the ground, placlng hlm on

hls stonrqch pursuant to CDCR pollcy and tralning. the hacl( of

flacecl hls arrn on

lnmatels of the inrnate's arm. rf

neck and shoulder area, and maintained control movoel

to

lnrnatel,s

lowor body and

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Fage 7 of og eventually gained control of hls logs and feet, plnnlng thom down wlth both

and

were severnl feei behlnd and observed the tako.

.

dbwn, whlch occurred ln secondp. 14. At the time of the Codo 1 alAm,

Lwas.on r
arrived

the palo near the

palo
at

Gate, l{e.respondod lmrnediatelg snd arrlved to

apptoxirnately the sarne time that

asslstl andf
-

roughly 10 eeconds a{ter

15,

placed hls knee swlfily and,ifuty on ihe I rlght side of lnmatsf'; mid-back, and I took'a simllar poaition on lnmete left slde, corrslstsnt with ODGR use-of.physlcal-force training. I's Inmate f efuggle! brlefly, but-stoppecl resistlng shorlly aflor I and f arrlved to assist. inrnate'I ls a physicatly fit Afflcan Amefican ma!e, approxlmately flve

tho alarm.

feet sevarr lnches tall, welghlng foughly 120 pounds. He appeareid to b.e ln his earry twe.ntlos,

rs 2g years ord, frve feet dreven inchee ta[,

16,

lnmatel comprarnod that hs could not breathe aftsr lhs takedown, r ,nd reacljusted thelr [ositions so that I I could breathe more oasily. Ror,rghly 15 to 20 responders, including cos, medioat staff, Lleutonant f,
anil weighod 265 pounda at the tlirre of the lnctdent, Whon
and Captaln

arrivorl at the scene within one-and-a-half to

two mhutes of the Code 1 alanr, Sorhe arfived sooner, depending on how.
close theywere to {re vehicle sally portwhen'ilre alann sounded.

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17, Co

iwas

on the patio Just outslde the Program offlce when he

heard the alann. l-la artlved wjthln seconds of the takedown and observed all

four offlcers routrahring

lnrnatef on tho ground, I trnrnecllatoly orusrodllo get leg restratntp, ! lertths area and returrred wlth the leg restralnts approxlnrately four to five rnlnutes later, lnmate romained f
conrpllant on tho grourrd durlng this ilrno,

ru.

LruErbuu vuuarroriir r\urse

Roglsterod Nurse (R

(LVt\)-

end her supervlscr,

wero woLklng ln the Clinic when

the atarm sounded.a Both rospondod Imrnediatory.

medical supply bag and reportod

grablred a
15

lo tho vohicla eally port within 10 to

seconclsr

followod lmmedlately theroafter, The patio Gate was

already opon when the h^io otepped out of the cllntc onto the pailo. As thoy approaclrod and passecl through the patio Gqte lnto the vehicle sally port, both observed lhat rnrnato

was'struggfing on hro stomach, but then

quickly setilecl down whllo several offlcors restralnod hlnr on ihe gro und,

Both remalned in thH vehlcle sally port unfll

restraints.

rstumed with the leg

19. co

wfls on

thCI patio ouhide

the cllnlc when tho

alarm

soundod. He was'facrng'away from the pailo Gats at flro time, but he turnsd around Inrrnedlately and saw.that tho gato was about half way op.en ae
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The Clnlc. ts ono of.Elsit perpendlcular to ths Patlo ({lfr+[:Hf,lt!,t],3,.1J:giu,JJ

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fio tensth of rho patio Igif'tfistfl,tf''J,o;J:Fl.u,usareihi[ih"Fii6,l*ori.,.

or,ce, tocared atong

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caso No, 12-083Q Case No, 1z"o840 Case No, 12-084i

Case No, 12-0842 cage No. 12-oB7E ago g ol 83

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20, co

through

lt,

followod stralghtaway ancl anlyed at the

sceno seconcls after

II restralnlngj hnritsl
fI

to flnd -,

:,

If, I

and

on lrls etonrach on tho ground,

noted that lnrnate

squlnned for a short tlme and then setfled clown.

remalnec.l ln the vohlcla eallyport

unt[I

roturned,

In

heard ths code 1 ararm over tho radlo and responded

immodlatoly afterfirst clearing the paflo and programofflce to ensur'e that no

' lnrnates weri on the premises, , He, arrlved at the vshlcle sally port
.opproxlmately one-ancl-a-half mlnutas after the alanir eoundod, and obserued

atlfourofficerc[,I,II,and.I)resirainlng[nnrate on the ground whon he arflvecl. lnrnate Iwao fI cornpliant at

the time. Shortly

thoreafter,I

arrlved with leg restrajnts.

21,

Ilwas

worklng asen Otflce Tochnlclan ln ihe cltnic at the time

o'f the lncldent. when she heard the alarm sound,

wakod for the

nurslng staff to of,thertheir gearand leave the bultding and thsn lmmecllately

venlurecl orito the'patio

to

see what. was ha'ppening,. $he walked

apprnximately to the Patlo Gaie (lose than E0 yards away) and obsprved

lnrnatef.on

the ground ln the vehtcle sally port, struggling whilo at

least twb offloers attempted to restrain hirn

one positioned near the inmate,s

head and neck aroa, and tho other at hie feet,

fI

watchocl for several

minutes whlle vartour Code'1 responc{ers arrlved.

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wag working ln hls offlce ln lhe Prograrn offlco st the timo,

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whon the alarrn soundecl, he immecl,lately -r got up, wont out to the patto and
obserued through ihe half"open paflo Gate'several officers in tho vehicle sall!

port, on the ground restralnlng lnmate cornpllant,

The lnmate appeared to bo.

If

walkecl. into the vohlcle sally port, and shorlly thoteaftor,

! arlved with leg restraln{s, r.o, captuinJwris arbo workrng rn lris offrco ln the program.office

when

hs heard the code 1 alann. He inrrnedlately left hls office (whlch was located

at the back corner o't'the program office), seoured the rloor, and arrlvecl at,
ther vehlclri sally port'approxlmaioly one-and-a-half

to.two mlnutes after the

restrainhrg

alam soundsd, Thoro, he saw t*o td three conecilonal staff

lnmate

on ths 6round, By this

fl*u,Iwas I

standing near
was

the left torso of lnmate

f,

who was cornpllant.

wearlng dopartmenl issued, heavy.duty, lenthortoed b.oots.

24, At the

trme of tho lncident,

and

(the l"lrree Womon) all woiked in fhe HDsp mental health

depariment, whlch was housed ln.ilre sally port, opposite tho Patio Gqts.

Eop office locatecl across the vehlcle

25,

.L

a Medloal Transoriber, worked ln a clerical offico wlth three or four

tall, nanow windows ffrat faoed the vehlore salry porr.

a1dl,

both

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Fago 11'of 83

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26.

Offioe Teohnlclans, woikecl togothet ln iho next clerlcat'offlce, wlrlch algo had -. four tall, ndnow windows that faced tho vehlcle eelly port.

All Three Wornon hacl rocelved manclalory annualtralrrlng on the use of force,

'. .

during which they rearnod tho defrnruon of ploper, urlnecossary, and

Bx06ssivo use of forco undsr oDCR pollcy, and were shown

a vtdeo that

dernonsilatecr use of force scenarros,'Ail were awarc of therr duty to feport unnecessaiy

ald excesslve use of forco under CDCR.pollcy; howsvor, nono

had witnossed or reporred

i uss of force rnctdent at a cDcR faciilty prror to

June zo,za11,

oould nol rocallever wilnessing an act of vlolenoe of

any kincl ln her entlre life.

27.

o,

the date lp qutisflon,

allrhreawomen heard "Got downl, and looked out

offlce,

tu the vshicls sally port to see what was happening, From her

I;bseruod
fqco down

four officem kneeling around

lnmatel

who was

pavernonl She the ne pavernonL $he bellevsd bellevgd

she e'aw tho officer on tho

inmato,st1ghteI<lervioIentlyknee1nnratoIropeotodty,
stand up and kick

lnmstelwith
and

signlficani force threo to four times in

the right flank, and thsn stand on the inmate,s back.

Offico to join

Ii

then left her

to see if they were watching the incirlent.

28.' on headng "Get dcrwnr''

'shs
eow

rrooked

out herwrndow brreny and berieved

[imutef

face down in tha vehiclo sally porl belng helcl c{owrr

by tlrreo offlcers, whllo a fourth officer of large stature klcked hir,n ropeateclly

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wlth groat forie ln the right flank,

II

hnmodtately ayerted

her

eyeo,

burlod her facs ln hor hands and began to cry and pray, she then glanced
out tlre wlndow q socond tlne and'noted that the pailo Galo was opening an a "flood" of COs rushod lnto the vohlclo sally port.

29.

II

wae rlandlng when ehe hoarcl "Got clqwnl, and then heard

f
ttren

begin to cry apd pray, "No ono get kllled," qr words to that effect,

'

lookod out ihs wlndow and belioved,she saw thres offJcers.holdlng down

InnrateJ,

while a fourlh kneed hlm u4th great iorce three or four timos,

and then ttood up and kloked hlm with,slgnlficant force ien to fllteen times ln

the rlght flank araa,

believed that ths fourth officer grew tiretl anct

stopped kicklng when the paflo Gate began to open and a flfth officer warked into the vehicle sally port.

30, At or about this thtre,I

walksd into the oflice shared

byland
.yes, they'fe

and sald, "This remlnch rno of fhe Rodney King incldent. Aro you

watchlng thle?' or worcls to that eff'eoi.

kicltlng ths shlt out of hlm."

responded,

dld not respond, but conttnued to cry and

pruy.

anO

were extremely ernoflonaliy shaken.

91,

By thls tlme, nurnorous responders had repofied to the vahrcre sally po,t, and

traU arrivecl to

place.Inmatef ln log restralnts ln acoorcJance with

0DCR post uso-of-force procooure,

ano

then assistecr rnmato

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to

hts

feet. Approxlmately flve rninutes had elapsod slnco the code -.

1 alsrm sounded,

-,

Repeatod blows to the flank or rib area, elther by kneelng or klclqlng, typically

6a[se blunt traurna lnJury, evldencad by.bruislng, soft iissuoswelllng, and

sometinies oraoked or broken ribs, lndlvicluals who suffer blunt trauma to ihe flank or rib area normally expedenco substanttal locslized pain because the rlbs are not protected by dlgnlfioant ntusoie flssue. BIunt traurra tnjurles to

the rtb/flank area usually cquB$ lncllvlduals to protoctthe lnjured area, and to
havo dlfftoulty standlng orwarklng straight, and lift or move thelr arms.
33,

Aftor lnmate

stood up, LVN

If

ancl RN

ff f

vtsually

ussoesed hlo physical condltiorr on ths vehiole sally pott, Boflr notod nrinor abrasiqns and ocrapes, consistent with tne iakedown. lnmato wac

upboat and laughing at the time., cr:rnmenflng, olt tekes ail you guys to hold me down," orwords to that effect.

34, At or about'tiris
code

tlme,

_Emargency

Response'Nurse

another

'

1 rosp.nder, arrrvecl at the scene rrr a Triago and rroatmont

Area

ffiA)

vohlcte, $ho otfered to drtvs lnmato

to TTA,

Indlcated thls was not necessary because

I
f,

-,

butl andf

was amburatory,

agreed aftsr visuallv assesslng lnmate

noting thAt he Walked

strslght up, hacl q sieacJy gait, herd hrs head up, arld wae not guarding any pad of hls bocly,

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qnd

escorted, lnmato

page 14 ofBB . -,CasoNo, to tho Prograrn offlce and pldced -!

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- afterwhlchf pheckecl on hlm evory 15 , minutss until 1:00.p,rn. Froni 11:15 to 12:00 noon, lnmatef was -standlng each tirno thatf checlted; thereafter, sat..ln the hotrling I
hinr In a holdhg +ell ar 1111E a,m,, cell and did not appear to ba ln paln, or complaln of it,

'

36, CQs arc regulrid to report all uso-of-force

lncidentB

olt a Crlrne lncident

Report (8$7c Report), Before the end of the gecond watqh on Juno 2g,

"

2011,I,I,-,I,
reports with one anothbr at any flme,

and

tleach comploted an BSZg

Report regardlng the lncldeni. Appollants dld not dlsc.uss the contents of their

37. All of Appetlants' 8p7c Reports are rnqtorislly connlstont, albolt wlih sllght
varlatlons bdsed on what earh officer was dolng'as tho incldent unfolded.

None of tho reports lndicato

thatl

or any other Co repeatedly

kneed

or

kicked lnrnate

I,

or othemise ueed unnecessary or

exceseive force duilng the tnciclent,

gB,

At. noon,

t-vNI

perforrned o. physlcal sxam of lnrnato

I
a
head

inside

the holding coll, ancl mado notatlon$ on a CDCR Form 721$whlle the exam

was unclorway (721g Exam"), The procesg lnvolves

to

toe,

exanrlnatlon, during which the hmato ie requlred to disrobo dqwn

to boxer

shortr, nrove h'p head up ancl down and slde to side, rnove hls neck, open hls niouth, attcl rnove both arms straloht out to the slde antj overhead. The
..

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.lnmate's 6vo$, oars, face, mouth, hoad, arrns, legs (front and back), tordo -. (froni and back), prlvate areas (flont and back), hande (lnclucilng palrns) and

feet (lnoludlng solos) are physlcaily examlned to. dotermlne whether the

inmate has bee.n lnJurod

In any'way, ,and/or

roqurreg furthor rreclical

lroatrnent. Durlng a'721i Exarn, the inmate ls also given an opportunliy to

make a brlof sta,ternent regarcling tho circurnotances of the inJury.

39. on

hor 7219 Form,

'

lnclioated ihat lnmate

susialned mlnor

abraelons (scrapee) on his forehead, rlghi ohouldo.r,'rlght,bicep

and Inner

aun, left forearn, both elbows, .right hlp, and right knee. she ssw no
evidencs cf any Injury to tho right flank or rih area, or any evlclencs of broken

boneg, aotlvo bleedlng, brulsing, raceratlons, puncture wounds, pain, or

'

swelling. $he o.bserved that

lnrnatelwqs

arnbulatory, did not favor

one sldo or anothor, and hacl no difflculty raislng bottr arrns straighi out to.tho

side and over his hesd. Hls statoment regardlrlg the circumstanc6s of hls
inJury wa6,

"l dldn'( do anythlng,,, EN

reviewed nnd signed

I,s

7219 Forrn, Indlcasng ilrat she concurred

witil,s

aaosge'rnont.

40.

Moanwhilo,f,I,

andf

wore gatherecl in Uro Eop offlce

cliocussing tho inclcleni. All Wore extrernely emotionally upset by what they believed they saiv, and expressed disbe[ef and despalr to one

anothsr. At

some
I,

polnt,'f

and

went to therr superursor, Dr.

lf

qtru rsl^Jltf-u tl!$ rrrurubllll-

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uoDs

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Pago 16 of'$3 offlce and Jotned

lI,I,
belleverj they r*aw,

and

Jbfi f,s
was ogng, and

tlin
highly

the olerloal area, where all Three Women topsalod to

If

what they

and

Iwere

agitatred. Although the women'exprossed concern about poeslblo.rstallailon,

I
Meanwhlle,

lnersted they must repor^t what they saw, and drrectecj them to

prepar'e wrliton statemenls. All propared thell staternonts shorfly thereafter.

Informod Auqooisto

wsden

(AVq

what the

worflen had reported to hlrn;

42.

ll,s,wriiien
saw four

statonrsnt Indlpated that affer hearlng oget clownl, shs

coe

kneeling alound. an innrale in the vehlcle sally

port. A large

offlcer on the lnmate's right slde kneecl the lnnrate ln the kidney area flve or

slx tlmes, then stood up and started klcklng the inmate tiifire rtght rib area. Tho large officer then,stoorJ (with borh feet)'on the fnmate,s back, at which
point, the Patlo Gate opened, othor offlcot'g carne to the scene,.and someone

"gotthe {arye otffcer to stop,"

43.

I'u and.I's written staternenls wero generally .cbnsistont with statenrent, although neithel saw the large offlcer slancl on.the IJ's tnrnato's lrack, Addliionally, both f and I oonrmontacl that the .
inmate favored'hls rlght slde as he was escortocl brrt of the vehicle sally poft, whereas

stated she d.ld nbt see the lnnrate belng o,scorted oul,

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Shorily before or after conrploting thelr wrltten

statemente,I

sndl

ate lurrclr together anclbriefly discussed the incldent.

44. Law onforcemsnt officero, lncludlng

cos,

aro tralned.to eoparate perclplent

rpitnessos durlng questlonlng to ensure that witnees statoments areJlased on

lndepandent, iecollectlon rather

than whal oilrers

reoall,

Moreover,

sciehtifically reliable prychologloal atudlos havo shown that wltnssses tond to

bo lnfluenced by one snothor when they are quosflonocl together, talk to one
anothdr, or llsten to eaoh other's charactedzaiton of witn.sned evonts, when

hls

occurs, the studies demonstrale a roasonable llkelihood

of

memory

cllstortlon, cross-contamlnation, and mlsoharacterlzatlon as

wltness actually saw.
45.
6

to what each

Although

I,I,

ancll

wore questloned 'separately during a

cfirnlnal lnvestigaiion at a later date, they were quesfloned together and

pennitted to talkto orre arrother on the day of tho incldent.
48,

Durlng the lundr hour that ,Juy,

inforrned the women

that AW

I f's
ln
6

had sunrmonod them io his offics to disouse ths lnctrlent, The wornen

arrivsd to ftnd

AWf, captatnf, and Lieutena,tr waifl'g rn offlce, f reacl one oI more of thelr wrltten sta{ements and then
offico and particlpatod simultaneously ln tho dlscuislon, each

askocl oaoh to re-stato whai they saw. Atl Threo wonren.remalnecl together

f's

and David Roge.

These facts we re establlshecl hy uncontrovortod oxpori testlrnony provlded by ellzauoili Ltftus, plr.0.,

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offoring dlfferent detalls ln an erfort.to -. provlde

with ,a somplote.

account,I andl
was emotlonally upsot,

cri6d 0E thsy recqlled'tho lncidgnt, ond

-,

lI

47,

Shortly after 1:00

p.rn"!I

and

l,followed

hyf,
tre

escortecl lnmate

I '

frunr ihe Program offlcb to the TTA (triage area) in the

cl'c,

and

plaued hlm tn a holdlng'celr. rnrnaie

walked to

crc

unassistod,

uprlght, and did not appear to bo ln paln or irredlcal dletrees, RN

4a, At approximately z:90 p,ml,

Exam on

perform.d a second 721g

lnmalel
at the

after ousiody staff had Interviewed hirn lrr TTA for

qpproxlrnately B0 to 40 mlnutee,

examinatlon

rcquest

.of

f -

purformeiJ a parflcularly flrorough

custorJy staff, and obsrirved superficial

abraslons on the Inmqto's forehead, rlght ehoulder, blcep, wrlet, and rront hip.

bon" area, lefl foreann, both eltlows, thleo small areas on tho hack, both
kllees, and the right shln. She also noled a smallsuperficial ahraslon to the
right of the nuvel. $ho eaw n0 other lndlpatlons of Inoludlng - _ lnJury, bruising or "a-"J' ''''"
sWolling in the torso area, difficutty moving his arms or breathing, panting or

hpairments of any kincl. Cos boat mo

up,o

Inmatof

to6 her

nl'm

flno: l,m fine, The

whon sho asked lrow lre was feollng.

49,At2:45p.m.,LloutenantEarrivoda1fiAtophotographlnrnato

r Tha color photos lncludsd eloven s x 10 close-up shols of f'.'shirtloss torso from varlous anglee. The photos deplot superficial

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ilfliil

lnnratel,g

foreheed, right uhoulder and hip bone, as well

as a small aroa to ttre rtght of hls nEvol. Two areas of rednese appeal at the uppou and nrlda'lght bleop, Othgr thqn tho mlnor abraslons noied, the plrotos show no signE,of lnJury,.ttrcludlng brulslng, swoillng, or redness, on lnrnate-

-,

I'u
50. At

right rlb or flank area,

stood stralght and dld not

app'ar

to guard any part of hlr body whilo the photos were takon.
approxirnatoly 0:80 p,rn,, Load RN perfonrred a third ZZlg whire eevorar custody oupervrsors and noted the sarire mlnor abrasions ihat

Exarn of

lnmatel I
anct

ln the

erc

rnsnagsmont elaff loqked

on,

f, I Iwas

lI

noled, she also obsewed that

Inrnato

was ambulatory and that thore wsro'no indloations

of

ac.ve

bleeding, brulsing, swelllng, cracksd or broken bones anywherd on his boqly, able to.move hig ams out to the slde and overhead freety and

wilhout paln,
61.

At G:80 p.m., LVN

rIr

porfonrred a fourth 7?1g Exam of rnniate

I,

and noted nearty idenilcnl findlngs, lncluding no ovidence of

bruising, swslltng, or broken bones,

I,e

721g Form

lndlcatedf

told her, "l was elammod, hit in faco, scratchod on bocly & use of forca u.sed.,, 62, on June 30,20.11,

Inmatef

was asked to preparo a wr*ton statoment,

vuhereln lre wrote the following:

ttle day of 6'?9,11 an rncicient occured [src]'whoro r recreves ' 9l [slc] bruises and abrasrons qil over my oorty.'r vias ;iffi;; f";;:

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head flrst lnto the pavorentwhlie ln handouffs by lwo qffloers, oy iho name of trre otireiiii,

one

After nry face hit tho pavernont the officeri btsan niaitnq nilno wlth thelr hands and knees.' one offloer who t ttrlntc wis grabbod rny.hatr and began srnashing my head lnto ilre pavemenl tearing a dredlock [slc] oul of my halr threatening to breatr mv neck gl !h6 spot,if. I sald. anolher word whlte,.the other officer oontiously [slc!.smashed hls knee lnto my slde and.baok, After flrie went o; for,about a ruinute or so thero were othdr offloeru who arilved to place cuffs on my ankles, I folt hands and l<nees everywhero.
F,1

f*ioiirin,di-ir,

-. Il

'

on June G0, z0{1, prrson

staff .lntervlewed lnmato

ahout the
was shirfless. He

lncident. Durlng the vidoo4apod eeuslon, lnmato polntod to vairlous parts

of

his. borly

as he

exp'lained

that he sutfered

scralches, abraslons, and bruieos to trts rignt shouldor, elbow, hlp, stonrach;

loit Wriet and olboru, baok, And forehead, He also suffered a bad headache
hecauee a drear{lock wao pulled out cluring tho scufflo, and he had sciatches

on the haaks of hls ankles and right knee, Thero wem no vislble sigps of brulslng, swelllng, or dlscomtbrt on
lnterview, and 54. Inmnte

ilie tnrnata's rlght flank during the

lnmatef
cos:

dicinot comprarn of any rnjuries in,this area,

sald he recBlved lrrs rnluries whon lre was slammed to the 'Knee$ wore everywhere, and lhat,s baslcally

ground, face flrst by two

it,

They wero Juet roughlng mo up on the ground

Jurt uulng hands and

knees whlle t was in hanclcuffs.' Lator, regardlng thn knees on his hack, he

staled,

'lt

dtiln't feol llks etrlkrng at

all, lt was paln, though. I couldn,t

breathe,'

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l{o. 12-0875 page 21 ofsB

55, whtle.on th6 ground,

lnmatel's

hoad.was faclng left such that ho

could not 806 WhatWaa hflpp66lng on hls rlghi sido, Flowever, ho sald he felt one officer place a knoe on hls baok and apply slgnificant hodyweight whlte another officer placed.a knee and signifrcant predsuro on hls nsolt.

.I
a

indlcated that rnoet of his lnJurles (scratohes ancl abrasions) occurred aa

'

resuJt o{ hls conlact wlth.the ground after the iakedown, He oairl hls rlbs were

nut epoclflcally lnjured: rather, hio whole body wa* generally,sore after tho
lnctdent.

sG, That ssmo, day (June g0, 2011), I

photographod tnmato

Ilu

iniuries a second ttme to documerrt whether brulses had doveloped overnlght

as a retult

of 'tho Incldent tho previous

clay. The second set of photos did not

reteal any brulllngr pr any ovldonco of injury ihat,was not apparent In ihs flrst sot; there was no redness, swelljng, or brulslng on the tnmqie,s right rib or
flank area.

i1;--o..1ttll

16, 2012, speclal

Agontf6rli oompelled

't

rf qtA wa$ assrsnect to

to oomplete the lnvestigation

itrvestlgate ihe incldent

a$ soon as Possihle, ancl did so on May g, 20{ subdivision (c), provtcies

z. penal code seolon 60s,

. . '

ifl s rnanner that provides a comprete and tho6ugir.presentation or the facts..regLdilfl,rho alegaflon or cornpraini. al Lite,ruoii.g an,i mlflgating facts shalr be eiplored anrl iuporteo, ihs role ,it tiru lnvosflgator is that of a faetfindor, AIr rlport, prepared uv an

[CDOR O]Al Invoatigators tlterll conduct Investlgationo and inqutr-iea

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58.

lnvsstlgator shall provlde, the -.appolniing auihorlty wlth e compleLe recitation of the facta, and.shall refraln tionr ionle-cturo or oplrriin.

-,CasENo,

was awars

of

'these

-,

requlrcments,

but acknowledged that hls

lnvestlgatlon Report (Report) oontained tho followtng srrors: ort Statoment

Throe lndependont wiinessee

Three tVomon) saw lnmate belng ropeatedlykneed and ktekod. Inmate stateiront about the Incldent was conslstent with the statements of ths Three Women.

III

onlylancjlleFlLGo
.

ryl.lff-\tr3llflflfifl,ffTtfl,:
ilii lt ri,jilB welghi of knees on hls back; but not that he was repeateclly knoed and klqked, He navsr olalmed to have boon klckoci, and at one point, slated that the knees on hls back 'didn't feel llks striklesl at alt," The Report Sumnmry Ooes not
lnclude thls detall.

I's

.,,r,,o.-Ii4ru

) stated thai lnmate was struggllng while on the

'The

Report summarizedJ,s ODCR B37c Ropo( regurdlng tho lncldent.

ls not tlsted as

awifid;Tiih6

Repo(,

The Report Sumrnary

ordered uGet downl"

Bl7pffepott Indicates

ordered "Get doWtlli , . Raihor, Ii statos,'l told ihs inrtiate to stop reslstlng. I then calted for a Cods 1 fl Yard Via [sic] tnstituflonal
racllo-"

I's al he

BSTc.Report cioes not .say

Tho Report $urnrnary of

E37o Report lndicatos

graoDos l6gs, forclng hls r{ght leg over hls left in

crosE,od posltlon,

tnmstqli$

637c Repon ooes not saty Fs this, Ralher,'it statss, "l took cort'ol of lntndlo ll'a legs with my handswhile Officeri

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I

Basod on

t!'s

rovlew of the 7219

-, acknowiecigeci ihat iheI -,case

Repori conoludes thal lnmate ln]uriee are lnconslstont wlth Appellants' slaternents during' thelr OIA lntorvlews and ln their BSZo Roporls. The Report concludesthat tnmato
w(irB uail$r$IBnI ",uurrrri with the staternents of the'l"hree

Inju rles (scrapes/superflclat abraeions) coulcl be conslstent with a takedown, but hs dld not lncludq thls ln the Beport bocauss thls was meroly hls opinion,

ucknowledged thatthe

Three Women eaid the lclcks were

Women,

topeatedly lnitlated from a45 to 90 degree angle, and that the klcks eqqv^ln uuuy wlllr Urtsal forcg, He stated ltwas possiblo flrai such liick6 rnlght orily cause mlnorscrapee and abraslons, but added that it would be diffieu lt to !.qy wlth ceftainty, The Report, howevqr, dld not Inclucle this observatlon.

lig,

The Reportwas also incomploto:

' ,
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writlon *tatement lnclicaled sho dicl not see any - '' thl; lnformauon. T]r? ,Roport does not lnclucle the disuepancy betw' statdmeirf ihqt the tnoiJenilasted t5-20 mlnui*r, lhSt,lt lasted.five mlnutos, and Gtaifr6i,ih.qt"trl;;i;;
InJuries on the inntate, the Report dcleti nLt include

Although

I's

lnrnntol

fl,**.G.,',l

i f

acknowledged. that rnmahlvacilrated about wrrethor hb was kneod in tho rlb aroa, nut thoEport does not lndlcate thls

lnfonnallon.

I-qrs

, f

e,rv sqry q v\J olcilru r, , ,,,,,,oref Report $ummary does not lnoludo this informatio]f

oacK,

llutthg

..knowledged thai he was tralnecl ihat wlinessos can taint on6 anotfisfs statenrents if they aro permitteo to taili't; ;;,;h also acknowp.lg_-d lu,.*as-aware thar the rnres women haci *pok*n tp each other rdpealedty about the rrrcident, buirre irio ,i"i uxpr;i;iili; or mention it in the Report.

;dil. li;

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60, Addltlonally,I

dld not intervisw th6 followlng wllnegses:

-.r rqws ;ey reDr*rre u, ,,,,,re,u f lrnmgararoiy Toyowing tho takodo'Jvn; oscorted him io the holiliiffiolt; rnonltored Irtm tti6 holdlng qell from 11;15 to 1;00 p,rn,; sscorted hlm to c"l'c.for further
evaluation,

, I*Took'photoa of Inmatelon June Z0 and 80, 201,l, llI - Vlcleo-tapod the lnterulew of lnmate I on ' Qo June 30, 201 ' Bu(I- tntorvrewed tne Threo wornen on the day of ths lnoidenl, - ..r,^,riu rrr*jLljl-=gurou or a mrrruro ot Ino taKedown; -**-,; yt-sual.ly a$seesod lnmats I at tho scene; physlca[y u*r'"ln;i him shortly after tho lncldent,Arrlved withln seconds or a nrlnute of the takedown: ruUI' 'vlsually assessed..lnmalef at the eoene; slgned off onI;s ' physjcal examinatlon of lhe lnmato II - Vlsually assoessd lnrnato I ' BN ffiinutes afler the Incident.' - Physically examined Inrnatel withtn hours of the ' BNIincidont. , ,tyJ-I - Phystcatty examined lnmatel withln hours of the
1
.

, EN-I*
lncident01.

incldsnt.

phystcallv examined

tnmatil

wlthln horu.s of the

tf,,5uu

receivecl exteneive trainlrlg on inlorrogatton tochnlq_ues,-.tRclucling

watchlng for physttlal slgns.

of pouoible unhufltfulness (sweaflng,

hoavy

breathlng, fldgoting, poor 6yo contact), ancl uiing a rus0 to flesh out and tost

the truth or falsity of witnese statements.6 82.

elociecl nol to lnteMew

f,

I,

qndl
a

himselt, relying

tnstead, on audlo-tapod intervle'ws concluc,lod by

6

criminal invoetigutor

s70.)

A nruso' le an aetlon or devise lntonclod to mlsload or confu$e. (W6bst6ds ll Nsw Cpltege Dlct, (,1096) p,

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r\o 'r,-u841 \,au. j\u, rz-u642 ca$o No. 12-0875 ,age 25 of BB of the

provlously asslgned to the matter, After lislenlng to the lntervlews

Women,I

coplod and pa$tod the orlmlnal Investigato/B summary

of their statemen{s lnto hls own Reporl.

63.

emptoyed ruse tactlcs wlth all ftve Appollante by tolilng thery that three

|ndopendenlwitnesdesstated.theysaW-repeatedlyklckandknee

' lnmate'I, , .

ancl that

lnmatel

borroboratsd thelr statements.

Appellante were told that tho'7219 Forms ,ontirmea

.lnJurles consrston(wlth ths wltnesses' staternents,

,n.ii

.u.tatneo

was atso

toldihat

three witnesses epoclflcally ldentifled hlm as tho gunner thut day, and that oach observed

Iwlhess

ths entire lncldent from.ehssrvation Tower 1,

None of theso staten'ronts w6rs tfu6.

64,

aho ernployecl presoure tactios, erroh as telllng Appollanb rhey should

stop covering for oach other rf they wantod to keop their jobu,

05.

Nelther the ruse nbr the plessure tactlcs causecl any oI the Appellants to
chang e tfi oh' rltatenierrts.

06.

Roepondent disrnisoeil Appellants, eft'ec'tlve at the clooe of b,slness otr June

"at

6, 201?..'l-hls appeai onsued.

cREprBt t.rIY pETFRMI,NATt0.N Tho weight of Respondenfs caso rcsts almost enttrely on the statoments'of the Three wornen, all of whom testiflstl that they saw a largo officer (later ldeinflfied ae

f)
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ropeatodty anclviolently knse and klck lnrnate

wI

ln the rlght rtb/flank

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, area for several

minutes wh[e

I,

f,

ahd

lookod

on,

Under
a

Evldence Codo s'ssilon 780, the l"hree Women 6re

p

lot oredlble because

'

ropo n dera nce of evidb n ce co n trad lcte thelr testi rnony,?

, There was no

,.0t.*t

evrc.rence.

ro support a flnding that rnrnats

*a*

repoatedly kneed and klcked ln'tho right flanl< by a 265.pouncl CO wlth,heavy-duty leather'toed boots. Medlcal staff exarnlnod

lnrnatel

four ilmei botween. noon

and 0:30 p'm, 0n tho day of the inoident, ancl noted only mlnor scrapes and abraslons
on his body, none of whlch appearod on the rlght flank or rlb are'a. Mulflpla plrotpgruphs

, taken the day of and the, day followlng the lnctdent revoaled n0 r6dnoss, swelling, or
bruiuing in the rlght flank atea

evldonco that oxpertonced medical $taff and Appellant,s

uncontrovofied moclloaloxpert tistlfted thoy would expectto ses lf lnmato

fraO

,t:een repeateclly knoed and kickod. Additionally, ihur. wa. no lndlcation.that lnmate

hact troublo. nrovlng or llfflng his armi,walking,,sitting, and standing etralghi, or

that he proiecfed the right flank area

oth6I expectocl nigns of Injury to the ftank or ribu.

Morcover, other than ths Thrse women, there were no wrstesses who saw

f I,I,I,
7

oI anyone elee repaatedly knee or kick

tnrnatsl.

rqdood,r,

I,

f,

and

I,

each of whom observed the scene

Hvldenoe Code sectlon 780 provldes, [n relevunt part:

flcopt'ao olhorwi66,providorl hy statuto, the couri

or jury nray coneldsr ln deterfitrrlng

the credlbititv

fi:!illi\x-+ifr,1J:1rf;i,:Hl,xt'^x1y,,1lljili,i.i,fill'::iii,l"lliu;*tn"-:l,uig:[rru,xr. testitled to by hlm....

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uas' r\o.'i z-L)uisr

-I..,aE.,r\u.

,
qfficers restralnlng

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-.

uafiu r\u.'rz-ul1 i/f pago 2Z ofgO

withln seoonds or one ts two nrlnutes of lhe Code 1 -,.,crbt alarrn, testlfied.that theysaw four

lnrnatelon tfie ground unii]I arflvod wlth leg reetralnts,, Ftnalty, lnrnaie I hlmeelf never olalmed to have been repoatedly kneod or
l-je

'klcksd. He eald ho falt knees on hls baok, but that'tt dld not.feel llke strlkes.

complatnod that he oould not breathe dudng the lncldsnt beoauso of the weiglrt of the .officers on hls back, and that his entlre bocly was sore aftsrward, but dld rrot polnt out or

dosoibe any injuries to hts rlbs or flank area,

'

while it was v6ry apparent that all rhree.wornon gorrulnely bolleved they a violent heqting, thor,$ woro slgnificarrt'discrepancles.ln what the women

wltneesed

doec.rlbed, For

example,I

said.the inerdent tqsted for

1E

to 20 mlnutbs, while
said

ostimatod the lncldent laeted ftve to ten minutes,

I
I

I
and

stoocl on ihe inmats's back, lrut

npitherr norf
only kicking.

saw thls,

b'othsaidtheyeawfreprealed1ykneelnrnater,andtliensiancIupand
rapoaledlyklck htm,

Isaw

Whlle the*g diaorqpancios also tond to undernrlne the crediblllty of the Tlrree
Wornon, Dr. Elizahet1 Loftus, a renowned export in oye witness testimony and human

memory, testified that

..

it ls not uncommon for eye witnesses to mlsJuclge tirno

or

perceive dlffercnt detalls about a strossful evsnt.B, *

Da Ellzabeth Loftns {Appellant,a export).reoelvecl a B.{ wlh hlghes.i honon from the tJnlvererty of-caifornla, los hnllrfi-r-n iribe; sil M,A._ln.parrhorogyr;,il.,Hlr3ftt,i#:[:[i11 1.067; and a Ph...D.: ln Psycltology fl"om stanford Unlverelly,ln trro. 6rre di6 ira* ,ix honorary dos1orato {"sryug from cliutlngqleltsd univorsities ln the U,$. anaihioughorn til; w;rt,i, she was a Froforcor of Peychology at the Untuorulty of washlnglton for ?s years, ;'d"; ritrtffi(lbilert professor pi]/.rr"ririv and crimlnnl Law at tha unlverelty of Caltfornta, Irvlne tbr ui*pisii""rivffi.'

ii 'sffi;-b*b]tt["j"Xl

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-, Aooordlng to Dr, Loftue, howover, thore ls a --r strcng ltkelihood

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that the Three'

wornen suffered msmory contaminaflon, she explalned that the memory proce$$
occurs tn three ntaJor stages: (1) acqulsition (when an ovent happens.and iniflal
mamory begins); (2).retontlon (lnltial rnornory fades and becornes lnfluencod Or.*n*r.
factors); and, (3) retiloval (inforrriatton ls accessed

fion memory to answer questio-ns or

wilts a etatement), Contamlnatlon can oocur

Et any polnt.du.ring tho momory procssgi

howevor, the contamlnatlon ln thls case most likety occurred dUrlng the flrbt two slagoo. During aci;ulsltlon,'txemory can be ln{luenced by roal-tinre characterizatione ancl ,. strggostlons made by otlroru at the scene, Dr, Loftus opined

'Thls ls llke Rodney Klng0 atl ovor,' likely.influenced

that Appollants' rostraint of lnmate

illiif,s i'u sndls

cotrment, perceplon

a decislvo, forceful physical act ln which

COs are trutned to use ihelr lcnees and body wolgtrt to pln down an lnmato _,r,rias an lmproper sct of vlolonce.

I's

follow-up comrnent, "They,te.klcklng tho shlt out of

h[nT,' Iikely cernented vlslons

(perticularly slnce

of the Rodney

King beating according

to

Loftus

I,

liko' Klng, ls Afrlcan Arnerican), and fueled tha women,e

hooka oh eye. Vultness tostlmony ancl nremory, and has Wrltten over 800 poer review artlclos ttrroushoui primorlly on hurnan heI careor, ptimorlly hex human mgT.ory memorvend'evn end eyn wltnesj_tesilmony. wlinsss te.qttnronu shd rruu .,inuurteo nnncrrrror *,1r. *.,*t--.,federat governmenr asencles, lnctudind rhe FBt, ctn, tns, ob.t, witnees lessmony and human mernqrf, and hau tost[i."u, oirpr"xlort*rv z]-dtrn'tuu ao an export on such -' matters ln varlbtm courta of raw, Rospondent did not produdd a,"r ieuiit nr, r"oftur,u

-s;i;;:

fid

ilil ilffiil,i* l,iisiffi;;iiil iltitffi il'il;

iu;ii,#;.
blcame

"ifi'riio

ryFArry Kng wae.sn Aftioan Antorlcan constructlon workor.who, whlle on parolo for robbery, nattonally kttown a{ter belng boston wlth oxceeelvo forc"Uf.to'* enS;i;,

pfi;;

Htrlffi l#nffi *,H*rl-l,'ff .'rg;iixffi",'J,ffi :fiti?r],$:ff io look on without lntorvonlng l.ro slop tho vl-olence,
loeUfled thnt the)/ vvero awero of the c686,

]p|.gsrPg

:ffffi fi fl,it1***$i;*f}; ilbtdoitrl,'grlnrf rtrill womun llodnsy kng hctdont aiiill]il".[ffi rv"nteln qilii6ln i[[*"
ir.'1i6mils

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cos

qcflons were lmproper because they falled -t

to stop

reprohensibte vlolent act, a$ was the case wiih Roclney -.---:,rv.,4,ucr._, Klng. Nolqbly,

r r

spent very llttle tirne watohlng the incident, she acknowledgod

that sha'burled,lr+r.face in her hands and lmmodlately began orytng and, praylng..
Durlng thls tirne,
ancl

made thoir comments about Rodney Klng end

sovefe klcklng, such real-tlmo'charactorizatlone durlng the acquisition stago can

contaminsto

psr0sption6, cauehg witnesses

io

conform their rnenrbry

io
to

the
Dr

charactorlzatlon offered at the tjrne, Thrs was llkely the case herc, according
Loftus,

'

Retentlon. happens efter tho svent has taken

place. Dr. Loftus explalned that to rrear

mernory contaminaliofi 00aur$ durlng reteniion when wttnessos ard pailxritod

one another (alk aboul an event. Exposure 1o thls klnd of poot..ovont information can cause distortlon, suppletnentallon, or transformatton of momory because eye witneeses

tond

to

lnfluenco ancl be' irrfluenced ono another. . Dr, Loftus and

both

aol<nowlodged thst thtt'ie why lnvostigators are trainerJ to separate wltnesses before taking their statements. In thls cate, by the time tho Throo Worn'en gave thelr statements to they had discussed the tnqidont togethor muliiple times

AWf,
Thereaftor,

once ln ths office lnrnrocllatety

ftllowing the lncident, and agaln when each tolcl thelr story

toJ.
Js

and

.l-he ete lunch togethor and aleo brlofly clisoussed what happened.

Three wornen recalled the Incldent togother, onco agaln, ln

office. All rhroo

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vctbq, rYU. rzru.-1sr'l

I:, -, -, Women leatlfted that they recounted tho event to I -,

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Case No. 1Z-087F Pege 30 of33 sirhuhanoqusly, ono fllllng tn

d0tails for the othor, such that thelr statsments wero an amnlgamation of a colleclivs

memory, Dr, Loftus oxplalned that under ih6so clrcumstancqs (rtultlple oxposures io
post'event lnformatton.Jrom othets), ihere ls,a strong likelihoocl that the witneoses did-

not and could not provldo lnclependont recolloctlons beoauso they have lrreparably
lnfluenoed (contamlnated) orre snother'e memories.

ln tfght of these clrcumstances and tlre overwholming evidonco suggesflng that

lnmateJ ,
employeo by

was not repeatodly kneod and kicked ln the flank, the testimony of the

Threo Women is not creclible under Evldenpe Codo eeoflon Tg0.

eRtNctFLE$ oF LAW.liNp ANA,I-ysts

ln a disciplinarl apPeal, the appolnting power must proVo tho ehargoo agalnst the.

proponderance

of tie sviclence. (Evld. code, g115; Lyto e, Guidry

(199s) $PB Deb' No. 95-09.) Respondent falled to most this burden as to all of the charges against Appollants for flre roasons statecl
evidence support* a findlng that lnmate 2011,

above. Tho ireponderance

of

was not kneed or kicked on June 2$,

It is worth notlng lhat tho investigatlve report on which Responclent

rollod

contatnod nLlfflelous matsrlal olrors, and faiied to lncludo all oxtonuating and rnitigating facts hat woulcl have provided tro appolntlng authority wit'h a complole reoitation of ths laclo, as requked by PenalCodo seetlon 606b,

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Baw

For example, ths Roport erroneously stated ihat all rhlee women

knee and klck lnmats

f;

lnrnato

I's

statement.was conslstsnt
lnJurles wero lnconslsten.i

with what the Thros women reported; and,

lnmatel,s
did not seo

with Appellantsreiaternents that he'was not kneocl or klcked, The Report,ornitted,

signiflcant mltlgating facte, lnclucllng lnmato

thatl

knee

I;

lnmate

never clalrnsd to have been kneed or klckod in the

reportod.that

right flank or tibs;

Istood

-ropeatedly on tho inmate; yet neither

Iriorf I'e

oaw ihrsi there'is no'rnedicar or visuar evrdence of rnlury to inrnate

rihs or flank area; and, conhury'to well.establhhod lnvostigattvg.protoenls,

the 'lhree Women were not seiparated when they gave their statomonto, but rather,
wete repeatedly allowed to llsten to 0no ahothor recount the lncldent, mlslng the weltrecognized posslbillty that {helr siartements were talnted

I
women told

aho testifled $rat he cltd not Intervlew AW

about.what the Three

becausef

felt lt was irnportant to intervtew the wornen htnrself

ln orclor tp

asse$$ credibility (based

on body language and othor factors) and

cotlsistenoy; yet, ho dld not lnterview the Throe Wbmen, 0r evgn watch thelr Iniorvlews

on a vldeo reoording. lnstead, he listened to thelr audio-tapod interviews and then

coplecl and pasted the crlrninsl inveetigator'$ Bumrnary of the lntervlews inlo hls own

Report. To rnake mattors w.rse, tho summari'$ woro rnaccurate,

aluo fsitod'to lnterviow numerou$ materlalwltnesso$, lnctucllng any of the

medical strtff who exsrnined lnmate

Ir

f,

who arrlved rnoments aftor tlr*

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alarnr ancl monltorecl

incldont;

and,I,

ii - Inmatelfor an -. hour and fofi,flve rhlnutss aftertho -,

-. Inmatel's
hJurles twics., Ail of these

u'rse No, 1z-uu41 uauu rvu.. lz-ulra'., ,-,ts., r\o 'rrElixl^ page 32 ;f

who photogmphed

'witnesses tostlfjed there was no nteciloal, physloal, or vtsual evidnce to.ouggest that
lnmate

wae repoatedly.kneod and'klcksd. Acoordlngly, ihe Report does

not

"-.,.-

presoni a conrplete, thorough, or acculato doplotion of the faits.

ln light of all tho foragolng, the evlclence was insutfiolent to support any of the
chargos leveled against Appellants,

gaN_0lustpN$-aruayy
1.

Thore

is insufflcient evldence to find that Appellants, concluct vlolated

Government code sectlon 10s72, ouhdivielons (d) lnoxcusable neglect of duty; (f) dishonosty; (o) willful dlsobectlence; (t) other fallure of good behsvior elilrer durlng or outside of duty hours whlch ls of suclr a nature that it causes cilsoredit

to the appolntlng autliority or the porson's employmonli and, in the case of

Appellant

h)

drscourteous treatmsnt

of

the. pubilc

0r

other

emprloyees.

2,

Because Respondent falled to estsblleh cause for dlscipline, the dlsctplino for
each Appellant nrust be revokod.

PBDTR

The ohargos'of violation Of Goverrlrnent Codo rection 1g5ZZ, subdivlsions (d)

inexcusable noglect of dutvi ('fl diehonesty; (o) willful dieobodienoo; (m) dlsccturteous
trealnrent of tlre pubtic or othor omployees; and, (t) othsr failure or good behavior elthor

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appolntlng authorlty
dtsmlssal of

or the

pergon's employment are cllsmissod. Respondenl,e

Appollants-,Ilf,
if
:

LII,
aI back,pay,

und

ig REVoKED, Reopond*nt shail.p,y oach Appelrant

beneflts, and lnterest,

any, that woulcl have accruod had each Appellant not been

dlsmlssod.

Thls ntatter is referred to the Chlef Adrninlstratlve Law Judgo, and shall be set for hearlng upon writton request of eith6r party, filod wlthtn ono year from'ths effective date of ths Board's Declsion ln thls rnattor, in tho event tho partles are unablo to agree as to

the salary, benefits unci lntur*ut, if any, due Appellants under tho provlolons of
Government Corje nection 19584.

DATED; Deoombor 17,7012

Terl L, Blnck
Adminlstrative Law Judge
.State PersonnelBoard

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