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Security at California\u2019s Bicycle Casino<\/a> were negligent when they restrained a man in the venue\u2019s parking lot, but their actions did not lead to his death, according to a Los Angeles jury.<\/p>\n

\"Bicycle
Jonathan Jung died after being pinned to a concrete floor by five Bicycle Casino security guards while one placed a knee on his neck. A jury in LA sided with a controversial coroner\u2019s report that concluded the cause of death was methamphetamine toxicity. (Image: Ed Choi\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Korean American Jonathan Jung died three minutes after being held face down on concrete while one of the casino\u2019s private security agents placed a knee on his back.<\/p>\n

Jung\u2019s family sued<\/a> \u201cthe Bike\u201d in 2022, claiming that poorly trained security staff used excessive force on Jung in an effort to restrain him, leading to death by suffocation. The family asked for $132 million in damages.<\/p>\n

But the jury determined that the security agents\u2019 actions were not a substantial factor in Jung\u2019s death, the Courtroom View Network (CVN) reports. Instead, jurors chose to accept the county coroner\u2019s autopsy report, which cited the cause of death as methamphetamine toxicity.<\/p>\n

Mental Health Crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On July 4, 2021, Jung was playing baccarat at The Bike when he suffered what his family described as an acute mental health crisis. Jung began hearing voices and talking to himself, which prompted casino staff to ask him to leave.<\/p>\n

Lawyers for the casino argued he was behaving erratically and needed to be subdued because he posed a danger to others.<\/p>\n

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Jung\u2019s family claimed in the lawsuit that he made no attempt to threaten anyone and that he left peacefully of his own accord. \u00a0He even left $3,800 on the gaming table.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He was followed out of the casino by five security staff members, whom he allegedly told that he just wanted to get in his car and leave.<\/p>\n

The defense maintained that Jung \u201cran around the lot trying to evade security staff.\u201d But his family claimed the security staff bundled the unarmed man into a car and drove him to a corner of the parking lot. Then they knocked him down, handcuffed him, and applied the dangerous maneuver which the plaintiff\u2019s said caused him to vomit, turn blue, and suffocate in three minutes.<\/p>\n

Jung\u2019s sister, Vanessa Jung, committed suicide shortly after watching footage of her brother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Coroner Controversy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lawyers for the plaintiffs claimed the coroner\u2019s report was controversial because of \u201canalytical difficulties\u201d with the way Jung\u2019s blood sample was collected, stored, and tested.<\/p>\n

Minh Nguyen, who represented the Jung family, told CVN he would appeal. He claimed his trial strategy suffered because Judge Patrick Madden had unexpectedly chosen to reverse an earlier ruling barring any discussion at trial of Jung\u2019s drug use.<\/p>\n

We lost credibility, and the evidence clearly swayed the jury because the jury found that the guards\u2019 conduct was negligent, but their negligence did not cause Jonathan any harm, which cannot be the case legally,\u201d he Nguyen said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His co-counsel, Terrence Jones, added that \u201chate crimes\u201d against Asians do not generate the same level of outrage against those perpetrated against other ethnic groups. Had his client been Black, for example, the case would have \u201cgarnered broader coverage and scrutiny,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Security at California\u2019s Bicycle Casino were negligent when they restrained a man in the venue\u2019s parking lot, but their actions did not lead to his death, according to a Los Angeles jury. Korean American Jonathan Jung died three minutes after being held face down on concrete while one of the casino\u2019s private security agents placed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":325763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,84511,86433],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBicycle Casino Security Controversially Cleared in Death of Asian Man<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bicycle Casino security did not cause the death of Jonathan Jung, according to an LA jury. 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