On May 30 of 2020, La Mesa police detective Eric Knudson fired a bean bag round at Leslie Furcron as she took part in a protest outside the La Mesa Police Department. Protestors were throwing …
March 31, 2023
La Mesa Mayor Mark Arapostathis presents Leslie Furcron’s attorney Dante Pride with a very large check. “Our officer may not have done anything wrong,” he said during the ceremony, “but we hope this makes it right. Next time a large crowd of angry protestors comes to our town, surrounds our government buildings, and starts throwing rocks and bottles, I promise that no police officer will shoot anyone in the head with a bean bag. Mostly because this $10 million had to come out of our public safety budget, and so we just don’t have the manpower for that sort of thing. But also because we are definitely not racist!”
Posted March 29, 2023
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