Jury Deadlocks in Trial Over Fight With Police
A jury deadlocked Wednesday in the trial of a Sepulveda man, paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a police officer during a 1988 scuffle, who was accused of assault for his part in the incident.
Jaime Cardona is scheduled to return to San Fernando Superior Court on July 11 to have a new trial date set.
Cardona was shot as he scuffled with Los Angeles police officers outside his apartment at Columbus Avenue and Parthenia Place on March 23, 1988. Police, who were responding to a man-with-a-gun call, said Cardona grabbed for the officer’s gun during the struggle.
Cardona is suing the Police Department for $10 million, alleging that the shooting was not justified. He has said he was not reaching for the gun at the time of the shooting.
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