"The officers and paramedics' actions were "negligent" and "objectively unreasonable" during their March 12 encounter with Nathan Hoang, who was tased and tackled before being given a controversial sedative and slipping into a coma, the lawsuit claimed. Hoang, a married father of six, died nine days later in a death that was kept secret for weeks by the Hayward Police Department, until its discovery by the Bay Area News Group."
"The drug is used as a calming agent during some death penalty executions and has been linked to dozens of police in-custody deaths across the United States, including several in the Bay Area. "It's like they just hand out Versed willy-nilly, and it's ridiculous," said Ben Nisenbaum, who represents Hoang's relatives who filed the lawsuit. "They inject it if there's even a possibility that the person later could become difficult. That's not health care.""
Hayward police and Falck paramedics allegedly engaged in negligent and objectively unreasonable actions during a March 12 encounter with Marine veteran Nathan Hoang. Officers tased and tackled Hoang, and paramedics administered the sedative midazolam (Versed), after which Hoang slipped into a coma and died nine days later. The death was reportedly kept secret by the Hayward Police Department for weeks. Midazolam use by paramedics has drawn scrutiny because of links to numerous in-custody deaths and its use in some death penalty protocols. Hoang's mother and three children filed a federal lawsuit naming the city, officers, and Falck.
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