"maybe his heart just gave out, and that's why they never could get him back." >> narrator: hunter turner of the hundreds of people who die every year after encounters with law enforcement. most of those deaths are from shootings. but others, like turner's, occur after police use restraint methods that are not supposed to be deadly. ♪ ♪ >> why don't we go ahead and get going here? we've got a lot toet through. >> narrator: for the past three years, a team of reporters from the associated press, in collaboration with the howard centers for investigative journalism and "frontline" have been compiling and investigating deaths following police encounters that involved tactics known as "less-lethal force." >> the murder of george floyd really raised questions for a lot of people about the extent of police use of force. >> we're looking at deaths that don't involve someone being shot and killed. deaths after interactions that involve at least a certain level of force that's beyond handcuff. less-lethal force can be a range of things, and it doesn't always have to be excessive use of these thing

police say in march turner did not appear in court while felony weapons charges were pending, which made him a fugitive. now the bounty hunteras been charged with one count of second-degree murder. a santa rosa man convicted of murder was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. one antonio martinez confessed to killing a man in the windsor area in june of 2022. and after killing the victim, martinez attempted to pose as a kidnapper and extort the victim's girlfriend for more than $100,000. he was eventually arrested and confessed leading investigators to the body. the district attorney's office says the actions for martinez warranted a potential life sentence and they're pleased with the judge's verdict. closing arguments have now wrapped up in the attempted murder case of the man accused of intentionally driving his car off of a 300 foot cliff with his family inside this unique case hinges on the judge's decision of what kind of mental health crisis don't rush to tell us suffering from when he drove off of highway one in january of last year, his wife and 2 kids were in the car when it went over. double slide in san mateo

the turner failed to appear in court for a felony weapons charge and that made him technically a fugitive. the da's office charged price. the bounty huntersted now for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the craft store in brentwood. you're looking right now at what was taken from a michaels arts and crafts store, a lone tree way back on april. 30th police say matthew davis from antioch dumped the items on his bicycle and was taking off when he ran into a parked patrol car. davis was unhurt, but he was taken into custody. >> man accused of hitting 2 people, including a 14 year-old girl with his car during a police chase in san francisco has pleaded not guilty. yeah, to all the charges. his arraignment yesterday revealed more about rodney jefferson's past run-ins with the law and just how prosecutors say he hit the tpam. kron 4. dan kerman has more. thursday afternoon. 54 year-old rodney jefferson pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of leaving the scene of an accident. reckless driving with great bodily injury, evading an officer and driving on a suspended license. the charges stem from his arrest tuesday for hitt