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Ventura Sheriff Releases Video of Deputies Tasing Mauricio Mateo Cuevas in Hospital ICU Room

The sheriff says Cuevas died in custody 15 days after this incident.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has released bodycam videos of deputies using a taser on Mauricio Mateo Cuevas in an ICU hospital room.

Ventura Sheriff Releases Video of Deputies Tasing Mauricio Mateo Cuevas in Hospital ICU Room. Credit VCSO
Ventura Sheriff Releases Video of Deputies Tasing Mauricio Mateo Cuevas in Hospital ICU Room. Credit VCSO

Deputies report that Cuevas was acting aggressively and armed himself with scissors and a hypodermic needle containing unspecified medication.

Deputies used a taser on Cuevas and were able to overpower him and handcuff him.

Source: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

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