Article: Redwood City District Attorney Dismisses Assault and Resisting Arrest Charges Against Mr. Natural Universe.

Redwood City Police Department to Educate Officers about Identifying and Assisting Victims of Diabetic Shock

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs & Ferraro, LLP today announced that the Redwood City, Calif. District Attorney's office has dropped all charges against Doug Burns, a Type 1 diabetic, stemming from an April encounter with police in which officers subdued, maced and injured him while he was in the midst of a potentially life-threatening episode of diabetic shock.

Mr. Burns, the reigning winner of the Natural Universe Bodybuilding Championships, a steroid-free bodybuilding competition, serves on the board of the Silicon Valley branch of ...

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