A Marin County jury has acquitted San Rafael police officer Brandon Nail of all charges in the beating of a local man, Julio Jimenez Lopez, who was stopped for drinking in public in July 2022. A full courtroom looked on as the court clerk read the verdicts for the two charges: not guilty of beating a person under color of authority and not guilty of making a false statement in a police report, bringing almost four weeks of trial and jury deliberations to a close.
Meanwhile, the City of San Rafael has agreed to pay Jimenez Lopez $999,000 to settle the civil case he brought against the city and the two officers, Nail and Daisy Mazariegos, who were involved in detaining and using force against him for a minor infraction. Jimenez Lopez suffered injuries during the incident, including a broken nose, a torn labrum in his shoulder that required surgery and a concussion.
This is a developing story.
