mentally ill

A Los Angeles police officer who killed a mentally ill man last year in Koreatown employed questionable tactics but was justified in using deadly force, the department’s oversight body ruled.

A Los Angeles police officer who killed a mentally ill man last year in Koreatown employed questionable tactics but was justified in using deadly force, the department’s oversight body ruled Tuesday.

State prosecutors have cleared a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed mentally ill man two years ago at a Valencia mall, according to a California Department of Justice news release.

In the course of the proceedings, prison rights attorneys have shown videotapes documenting the use of pepper spray, restraints, hoods and batons on mentally ill inmates in the throes of psychotic episodes.

The £33m purpose-built unit, which is the first of its kind in Belfast, cares for some of the most vulnerable mentally ill patients in Northern Ireland.