SANTA ANA, Calif. — As a man chivalrously tried to retrieve a woman’s shoes from Huntington State Beach at closing time, a Huntington Beach police officer shouted “Stop resisting!” before he was even near him, then strangled him, bursting blood vessels in both eyes, the man claims in a federal complaint against the city and the officer.
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