Realism in training isn't always a good thing

Houston Tipping went into Los Angeles Police Department training on May 26 a healthy, 32-year-old police officer. But after his fellow officers beat him as part of an exercise designed to “simulate a mob,” he left a quadriplegic, according to a new complaint Tipping’s mother has filed against the city.

Unable to breathe on his own, Tipping died three days later when his family took him off life support.

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