SAN DIEGO (CN) — Attorneys representing the family of a man who was arrested on an erroneous warrant and then beaten to death in San Diego County Jail argued in federal court on Monday afternoon that the county and its jail staff should be held liable for his death.
The county and three individual defendants, Lieutenant Desan Tyson, Deputy Daniel Cheung and Crystal Reeves, all present in court, countered that the killing of Dominique McCoy was a tragic, rare incident that the could never have predicted would happen.
McCoy, 38 years old at the time, was arrested on a warrant on Dec. 23, 2021, for failing to comply with his probation due to clerical error. McCoy’s probation period had ended three months before due to prison reform legislation in 2020. A judge recognized that McCoy should not have been arrested and the court ordered his release…