Editing Yuba City, California (section)

===The 2020 police brutality incident===
On April 12, 2020, a retired 64 year old veteran named Gregory Gross was assaulted by Yuba City police officers Joshua Jackson, Scott Hansen and Nathan Livingston after they had charged Gross for driving while intoxicated.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date= |title=California Cops Sued After DUI Suspect Ends Up Paralyzed |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article257066912.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref> Gross was handcuffed and compliant at the time of the incident. After twisting his arm and stating that he was now using "pain compliance techniques," Jackson proceeded to throw Gross face first into the ground, severing his vertebrae and leaving him permanently paralyzed.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=[WARNING: GRAPHIC] U.S. Army Veteran Settles California Police Brutality Litigation #police |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5prjhYGNg |access-date=August 22, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=mharris@appealdemocrat.com |first=Michaela Harris / |date=July 11, 2023 |title='We're just against police brutality': YCPD settles over $20 million after run-in leaves man paralyzed |url=https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/we-re-just-against-police-brutality-ycpd-settles-over-20-million-after-run-in-leaves/article_98c7bf6c-204f-11ee-a8e6-e34003d52d11.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=Appeal-Democrat |language=en}}</ref> Jackson was afterwards allowed to retire, while Hansen and Livingston remained officers with the Yuba City Police Department.<ref name=":0" /> No charges have been brought against any of the officers, despite body camera video emerging which captured the prolonged abuse of the handcuffed senior citizen.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" />

In 2022, after several surgeries and years of physical therapy, Gross sued the police department, ultimately winning a $20 million settlement, which was one of the largest such settlements in U.S. history.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=July 11, 2023 |title=California man paralyzed from run-in with police gets $20 million settlement |url=https://apnews.com/article/paralyzed-man-police-california-lawsuit-43cd3b316da99f502d16091330803028 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />