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May 13, 2009 - A car chase through the San Gabriel Valley ended with the suspect, a 23-year-old El Monte resident named Richard Rodriguez, being kicked in the head by an El Monte police officer after he had apparently surrendered and was lying prone on the ground.
Rodriguez was taken to the Greater El Monte Community Hospital due to injury; it was unclear if his injuries were related to the kick or to an earlier car crash, or both. He was a parolee-at-large, according to Lt. Chuck Carlson of the El Monte Police Department, who said the internal affairs department is investigating the incident as to whether excessive force was used by the police.
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