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Cristobal Solano

died 2018 · Orange County, California

Cristobal Solano died in 2018 in a police holding cell in Tustin, California, where he was being held. A 2020 New York Times report says at least seven deputies worked together to restrain him on the floor of the cell, and that some of them pressed their knees on his back. Cristobal Solano's death was reported publicly in 2020.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Deputies subdued him on the floor of a holding cell, some with their knees on his back, according to the summary of the case.

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