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“I think that’s the kind of thing that probably wouldn’t qualify,” First Amendment scholar Eugene Volokh (@volokhc.bsky.social) said of the best-documented charge against Carrizales. “You might say in context, he’s just trying to get a rise out of me, that this isn’t really an insult.”

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Vallejo Ofc. Brent Pucci struck Otis Edward McPeters with his metal flashlight before Ofc. Jeremie Patzer placed him in a carotid hold. Ofc. Robert Knight, now the department's deputy police chief, Tased McPeters for a total of 11 seconds. He died soon after. openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/v...

Charles Khristopher Gordon was experiencing a mental health crisis when officers Tased him, placed him in handcuffs, and tied his feet together, police records show. After being placed on a gurney, he began to have trouble breathing. He died despite medical care. openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/v...

Vallejo police handcuffed Michael Todd White, then bound his legs and tied them to his handcuffed hands. The practice, called “hogtying,” is prohibited by many police departments and disapproved of by the U.S. Department of Justice since 1995. He died soon after. openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/v...

Ofc. Jeremie Patzer’s Taser battery became so hot that it melted the weapon’s plastic handle, a person with knowledge of the matter told Open Vallejo. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case. openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/v...

Andrew Lamar Washington sustained 2 minutes and 54 seconds of near-continuous electric shock, according to device logs investigators downloaded from the Taser. Yet authorities ruled his death an accident — a cardiac arrest, at 21 years old. openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/v...