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Lawsuit Against Fremont Planned By Family

Christian Madrigal died after he was arrested in Fremont and taken to Santa Rita Jail. His family said he was having a mental health crisis.

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — The family of a 20-year-old man who died in June after he was arrested in Fremont and taken to the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin filed a civil rights claim on Monday against Fremont police and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office.

Attorney John Burris, who represents the family of Christian Madrigal, said at a news conference at his Oakland office that Madrigal’s parents called Fremont police on June 10 to seek medical assistance for him because he was suffering a mental health crisis and told responding officers that he had recently been released from the psychiatric hospital for mental health issues and needed to return.

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