Two police officers who restrained a local man before he died outside a popular downtown bar last January have been cleared by the San Diego District Attorney. District Attorney Summer Stephan in a December review found that San Diego Police Department officers Jacob Phipps and Noah McLemore used “the minimal amount of force necessary” in their restraint of Gabriel Garza who died in their custody on January 25, 2025. The report found that Garza, 40, a caterer from San Diego had behaved “