Tag: Matthew Dages

On Jan. 4, San Diego District Attorney Summer Stephan announced that a criminal charge was filed against former La Mesa Police officer Matthew Dages in connection with the arrest of 23-year-old Amaurie Johnson near the Grossmont trolley station in La Mesa on May 27, 2020. Dages is accused of falsifying the reason for Johnson’s detention as well as his...

When video emerged this summer of La Mesa police officer Matthew Dages manhandling and eventually arresting a 23-year-old man sitting near the Grossmont Center trolley stop, residents and civil rights activists called for an internal investigation and the officer’s termination. Dages is white and the man, Amaurie Johnson, is Black. Dages had said he initially approached Johnson because he was smoking...