| Birth: | Jun. 12, 1959
California, USA | | Death: | Jun. 2, 1981
Signal Hill
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Ron Settles was a Long Beach State College football player who was arrested by the Signal Hill Police Department. The morning after his arrest, he was found severely beaten and hanging in his jail cell. A huge furor erupted afterwards over the suspicious nature of his death. The police said he committed suicide, but this story was very weak. The Los Angeles District Attorney filed charges against them, with the Signal Hill Police officers eventually taking the fifth ammendment so as to not incriminate themselves. No one was convicted of Settle's murder, but the city of Signal Hill did pay a large settlement to the family. One of several highly controversial deaths of arrestee's in the 1970's and 80's that changed the way police departments deal with prisoners. Many police departments now videotape jail areas, and any time a police officer or correction officer touches a prisoner in any sort of a restraining way, a report is required to be written.
Search Amazon for Ron Settles | | | Burial:
Galilee Memorial Gardens
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Joe Walker
Record added: Oct 01, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6814603 |
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-Anonymous
Added: Dec. 29, 2012 |
RIP, Ron. What happened to you should not have. One day those police officers will be found guilty by a higher power. May you be remembered by your family and friends for how you lived but not how you died.
-Anonymous
Added: Aug. 18, 2012 |
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Debbie
Added: Jul. 11, 2012 |
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