SACRAMENTO — A 71-year-old woman who was seriously injured after being shoved to the ground by a Sacramento sheriff’s deputy has filed a civil lawsuit against the department, Sacramento County and multiple deputies involved.
The incident was captured on body-worn video and jail surveillance camera footage in October 2024, when now-former deputy Matthew Gurich forced the woman through the front doors of the main jail in downtown Sacramento.
The woman is seen making a hard fall onto the sidewalk and can be heard on video crying out in pain as multiple officers walk back inside the jail building…