Overview
- Attorneys for 22-year-old Ronaldo Hernandez released partial footage showing deputies tackling him and striking him multiple times during a July 20 detention at the Stanislaus County Fair.
- The video provided by his legal team does not show what preceded the confrontation or how the encounter ended, highlighting evidentiary gaps.
- Hernandez was jailed overnight on suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest, but prosecutors later declined the case for lack of evidence on Aug. 27.
- His attorney says he now has shoulder problems and short‑term memory issues that have affected his ability to work.
- The sheriff’s office acknowledged the incident and the claim but declined to comment, and requested body-camera footage has not been released, with a federal civil rights lawsuit planned if the claim is rejected or unanswered.