The coroner said both the marine and his police instructor who was riding behind him had made a misjudgement.

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My answer will be based on several things: California law (based on my experience as a cop, a prosecutor, a defense attorney and an instructor at a police academy), common sense and tidbits for thought.

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In November 2012, a U.S. citizen working as an acrobatics instructor in Acapulco died under suspicious circumstances while in police custody.

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Kentucky State Police Master Trooper Norm Chaffins said Lohman, who also works as a music instructor at Tennessee State University, had head and neck injuries after a four-vehicle wreck in the southbound lanes.

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