A lawsuit against Kern County involving allegations of wrongful death and excessive force in the death of Bakersfield resident David Sal Silva was settled Wednesday for $3.4 million, according to ...

David Sal Silva died after an encounter with law enforcement officers in Bakersfield. Deputies later seized cell phones from witnesses. It is the latest episode law enforcement being filmed by the ...

A photograph of David Sal Silva and some of his children posted on a pole near where his fatal encounter with Kern County deputies occurred in East Bakersfield in 2013.

A 33-year-old man died “begging for his life” as he was arrested and beaten by US police officers in California, according to witnesses. David Sal Silva, a father of four, had trouble ...

David Sal Silva and his three of his four children, daughters Makayla, 10, Katelyn, 4, and Chelsey, 8. Silva, 33, died in May after deputies say he fought with them and CHP officers who'd ...

Protesters gather outside the Kern County Superior Court building in Bakersfield on Thursday in response to the death of David Sal Silva after he was beaten by Kern County sheriff’s deputies.

David Sal Silva, 33, died after a physical struggle with officers. But police insist they followed protocol.

The victim, David Sal Silva, was a 33 year-old father of four who had allegedly gotten into an altercation with the deputies. Witnesses say Silva fell still after about eight minutes, at which ...

Allegations of brutality and cover-ups have been leveled against the Kern County Sheriff’s Department following a dispute between deputies and 33-year old David Sal Silva.

The family of David Sal Silva reached a settlement Wednesday in their wrongful death civil rights case of $3.4m.

Following the death of father of four David Sal Silva last week, his family’s attorneys are calling for police to release bystander video evidence that reportedly shows California’s Kern ...