"This was a tragedy when Houston was paralyzed, a tragedy when he was killed and a tragedy with the verdict today, Gage said. Lawyers get to move on to another case, but for families, this is all there is so it's just doubly heartbreaking to them."
"Then-Police Chief Michel Moore deemed it a "freak occurrence.""
A jury concluded the city was not liable for the death of LAPD Officer Houston Tipping and found the family failed to prove the death was meant to silence him. Jurors deliberated nearly three days after a two-week civil trial. Tipping suffered a spinal cord injury during a police academy training exercise at Elysian Park on May 26, 2022, and died three days later. His parents filed separate wrongful-death lawsuits alleging he was beaten in a mob simulation and that the injury was retaliation tied to a sexual-assault investigation; the cases were merged. Family attorneys plan to appeal.
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