Cops still can't keep from killing people who are doing nobody any harm

[magicguido]

if you kill them; you’re not doing it right.



SAN FRANCISCO — Police in the Northern California city of Alameda released body camera video late Tuesday that shows officers pinning a man facedown to the ground for more than five minutes during an arrest last week that ended in his death.

Mario Gonzalez, 26, died April 19, one day before Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd by holding him to the pavement with his knee for 9 minutes, 29 seconds as Floyd said repeatedly that he couldn't breathe.

A police report said "a physical altercation ensued" when officers tried to detain Gonzalez at a park in Alameda and that at that time, "the man had a medical emergency." The report said Gonzalez later died at a hospital.

His family contends he was killed by police who used excessive force.

"The police killed my brother in the same manner that they killed George Floyd," Gerardo Gonzalez said at a news conference Tuesday outside the Alameda Police Department.

He said his brother was not posing a threat when he died.

"Alameda police officers murdered my brother Mario," he said

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-video-shows-california-man-died-after-police-held-him-n1265584

[kacekwl]

1. So the reason to detain him was he appeared to have

too much to drink ? This is what needs to change. Take that 11 minutes you spent talking to him should have been spent calling someone who is trained to help in these instances. Not apply force and pain.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Police said "Just checking on you. Somebody called and said maybe you weren't feeling great..."

from another thread (that since has been locked)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2735704

[IronLionZion]

6. To protect and serve, or to beat up and kill?

A wellness check shouldn't involve kneeling on them for 9.5 minutes so they can't breathe.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. The cops were probably hoping for an easy...

... public intoxication arrest and conviction.

Public intoxication is illegal in California, like many places.
https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/647f/

I personally think it's ridiculous if the person is minding his/her own business.

It's a conviction that can cause immigrants to be deported too, according to the above website, so maybe that was their angle if they didn't already know his citizenship status?

Ugh.

[Ohioboy]

2. What was the threat?

People who pose no actual threat to law enforcement should not die. Something is wrong, whether it training or whatever, a solution should not be that hard to find.

[PoliticAverse]

4. "Just coming to check on you, make sure you're ok." - He ends up dead as a result. n/t

[Hulk]

5. How do these cops sleep at night...

This is so wrong. He died...why? He had “too much to drink”? WTF is wrong with these dumb ass cops. Do they even comprehend how their actions are so out of line with decent behavior?

[Iggo]

9. They sleep like babies.

They enjoy fucking up people’s lives, even to the point of killing them.

They. Love. It.

And that’s why we don’t need better training for the cops that we have. What we need is better cops.

[Hulk]

10. Good point....

Sad it's true.

[EnterwebsJohn]

8. When fighting to stay alive,

do police really think a person woud honor an order to stop resisting.