5/11/2013

Bakersfield Police Beat a Man to Death

Updated:  It was Sheriff's deputies, not Bakersfield Police

Bakersfield Californian: Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.

David Sal Silva, 33 and the father of four young children, died early Wednesday morning after deputies say he fought with them and CHP officers who'd responded to a report of a possibly intoxicated man outside Kern Medical Center.

Chris Silva speaks about his brother David Silva, 33, who died while being arrested by Kern County Sheriff's Deputies early Wednesday morning. The incident happened across from Kern Medical Center at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive. Family members are questioning how David Silva died.

Ruben Ceballos, 19, who lives a few houses from where David Silva and the KCSD had an encounter resulting in the death of Silva early Wednesday morning, said he was a witness to the incident.

Family members of David Silva speak to area residents at Flower Street and Palm Drive concerning an incident between Silva and the Kern County Sheriff's Department that ended early Wednesday morning with the death of Silva. A memorial of flowers and candles has been set up near where Silva died.

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