Family Of Homeless Man Shot By Deputies In San Clemente Files Federal Suit

CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles

December 18 2020

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – The family of a 42-year-old homeless Black man who was shot and killed by Orange County Sheriff’s deputies in San Clemente in September, sparking protests, has filed a federal lawsuit.

The family of Kurt Reinhold filed a lawsuit against Orange County Thursday alleging that deputies violated his Fourth and 14th Amendment rights and were guilty of negligence.

On the afternoon of Sept. 23, Reinhold was shot while getting into a scuffle with two deputies in front of the Hotel Miramar at El Camino Real and Avenida San Gabriel.

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