Three years ago, we began to cover the death of David Sal Silva at the hands of Kern County sheriff deputies in Bakersfield. While no formal charges were ever made against the officers that tragic night in May of 2013, yesterday a $3.4 million settlement was reached between Silva’s family and Kern County.
Sheriff Donny Youngblood, who is also the county coroner, said in a press conference that he was against the settlement:
One local Bakersfield reporter live-tweeted yesterday’s reaction to the settlement as they were happening:
$3.4 million settlement: Kern County failed David Silva & his family (Neil Gehlawat of @chainlaw)
@bakersfieldnow pic.twitter.com/3fHHbcPyEY— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Thomas Seabaugh: Sheriff Donny Youngblood & his deputies lie to the media & the public. @bakersfieldnow @chainlaw pic.twitter.com/vaIieRC3yq
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
David Cohn: Kern County Sheriff's Department needs a culture change. Families and taxpayers are suffering. @chainlaw pic.twitter.com/nBmThGPyO1
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Sheriff Donny Younblood is also the coroner. Attorneys say the pathologist wasn't given any info about the arrest. https://t.co/nX1sHI5ZCn
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Sheriff Donny Youngblood partially blames the media for settlement.
"(Attorneys) have done their best to taint the jury pool."— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"I'm not losing any money. I'm not gaining any money. The attorneys are gaining a lot of money."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"I can't stop attorneys from trying to sell their case to the public ahead of time."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"I can only tell you that I don't lie… I've terminated over 50 deputy sheriffs for wrongdoing."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Sheriff Donny Youngblood: "I was not in favor of settling."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"I defend the officers' actions. I defend the fact that we did three independent investigations."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Sheriff Donny Youngblood calls attorneys for David Silva "shameful" and "pathetic" for calling him a liar. @chainlaw @bakersfieldnow
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
Sheriff Donny Youngblood: "What an attorney says on TV means absolutely nothing. It is not evidence. It is a story."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"I have been on cases where it has taken 9 officers to subdue someone who was under the influence of drugs." -Sheriff Donny Youngblood
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
"They could remove coroner from my title tomorrow… I couldn't care less."
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) May 5, 2016
For a more detailed account of the Silva case and its implications, read David Sal Silva: An American Tragedy (Part Two, Part Three, Epilogue)
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