SACRAMENTO, CA – Salvador Garcia, Jr., who was attacked by a Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office police dog while riding his bike, received $755,000 in a settlement from the county, reports the Sacramento Bee.
Garcia’s arm was “severely injured by a sheriff’s canine in 2022 near the Cyprus Village Apartment Complex on Marconi Avenue near Watt Avenue in Arden Arcade, wrote the Sacramento Bee, noting that Kim Nava, the county spokesperson, affirmed that the settlement “was approved by the Board of Supervisors.”
The incident occurred, said the Bee, when Garcia was riding his bike near the apartment complex, and Deputy Dylan Black ordered him to stop, telling Garcia, “You’re going to get bit by my dog, homie.”…