TPD officers get off on man who was killed by them

Justified or not, this was still one major ass-whooping the Tucson police gave this guy that led to his death.

Officers repeatedly used their batons on “nerve centers” and punched Decker in the face to get him to take his arm out from underneath the mattress.

The report concludes, “The officers’ fear for their safety was justified, and the force they used to negate the perceived deadly threat was not so unreasonable as to constitute a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable police officer would observe faced with a similar situation.”

The autopsy revealed “extensive hemorrhaging within soft tissues, on the chest wall, and on both sides of the back. The right lung was compressed and there were numerous contusions and rib fractures.”

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