Ari Young, a Victorville resident shot six times by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies in 2019, has filed a civil suit against the county alleging excessive force, racial discrimination and violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
The deputies were responding to a Sept. 4, 2019, call made by Young’s mother, who said Young was experiencing psychiatric distress. It was the second call she had made in two days regarding Young.
Young beat and disarmed one of the responding deputies before firing two shots with her gun.
He was charged with assault with a firearm on a peace officer, the discharge of a firearm with gross
