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  • Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

    RYAN J. FOLEY and CARLA K. JOHNSON|Apr 26, 2024

    Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested him after responding to a trespassing call in a Wisconsin parking lot. Officers had shocked him with a Taser and pinned him as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. Now he sat on the ground with hands cuffed behind his back and took in oxygen through a mask. Then, officers moved Jackson to his side so a medic could inject him with a potent knockout drug. "It's just going to calm you down," an officer assured...

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