The police of a city of California released Tuesday evening April 28 a video showing agents tackling a man to the ground for more than five minutes, an intervention tragically concluded by the death of the arrested.
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The circumstances of the death on April 19 of Mario Gonzalez, 26, in Alameda, near San Francisco, are reminiscent of the murder of George Floyd last year in Minneapolis, asphyxiated by the pressure of the knee of police officer Derek Chauvin. Alameda police initially claimed that Mario Gonzalez died of a
"medical emergency"
, promising a transparent and independent investigation into the facts.
But the family of the young man, a resident of Oakland, categorically rejected this explanation, after viewing the video of the arrest.
"What I saw is different from what I was told,"
said Gerardo Gonzalez, the victim's brother, as quoted by local television station KTVU.
"The medical emergency was due to the fact that they were standing on his back while he was lying on the ground."
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The video, shot by the pedestrian camera of one of the police officers, shows the officers attempting to handcuff Mario Gonzalez in a public garden, after the obese and apparently confused man did not hand them his identification papers. The police, to control him, then tackle him to the ground. One of them exerts a long pressure with his knee on Mario Gonzalez's shoulder blade, another pressing with his elbow on his back.
"I didn't do anything
,
"
he moaned, alternating howls and groans, before losing consciousness. Noting his vital distress, the agents began a cardiac massage, in vain.