THE FAMILY OF Yolanda Ramirez filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Brentwood, alleging the 72-year-old woman died from a head injury after a city police officer slammed her against a patrol car.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of her husband Rudolf Ramirez and their three children, alleges Brentwood Police Officer Aaron Peachman violently detained Yolanda Ramirez on Sept. 26 and then left her injured and unresponsive in the back seat of a patrol car for at least 20 minutes.
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