At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during police encounters

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At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during police encounters
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Several of the deaths happened in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two in recent years involving people restrained by the Richmond Police Department.

At least 16 people died in California over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. Other places with cases included Los Angeles, San Diego and cities in Orange and San Bernardino counties.

The 16th case involved a man injected with a similar class of drug, lorazepam, while police restrained him at a hospital in San Diego.Two emergency room doctors in San Diego told the AP they have discussed switching to ketamine, which supporters say is safer and works faster than midazolam. But the doctors said negative headlines about ketamine, especially after deaths and misuse in Colorado, stalled that idea.

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