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Almost like George Floyd: Bodycam video documents US police violence

2021-05-02T22:46:18.524Z


Again the police kneel on the back of an arrested person - and again the man dies later. Parallels to the George Floyd case emerge. The US President insists on measures against police violence.


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These bodycam recordings published on Tuesday document another brutal police operation in the USA.

The victim: a Hispanic, so again a member of an ethnic minority.

The crime scene: Alameda, California (placemark).

Police officer: "Do you live here in Alameda?"

Mario Gonzalez: "I don't have a home yet."

First the officers ask the 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez for his ID, then they hold him and keep telling him not to defend himself.

Police officer: "Mario, don't fight back."

Mario Gonzalez "I didn't steal anything."

Police officer: "Mario, don't fight back."

Mario Gonzalez: "That's not it ..."

Police officer: "Mario, don't fight back."

Two police officers: "Put your arms on your back."

The police tried to handcuff him, drag him to the ground on his stomach and put a knee on his body.

Although he struggles and screams, one of the officers remains leaning on his upper body.

Police officer: "He lifts all of my body weight."

After about five minutes, Mario Gonzalez passes out.

Shortly afterwards, the police start resuscitation measures.

But he dies in the hospital on the same day.

Police officer: "He doesn't speak. Does he still have a pulse?"

The pictures have now been published, the incident occurred on April 19, the day before the verdict against Derek Chauvin - the police officer who, almost a year ago, kneeled on George Floyd's neck until he could not breathe .

As in the current Mario Gonzalez case, Floyd's death was found in the hospital.

Chauvin was convicted of murder on April 20.

The Black Lives Matter movement and many supporters of the US Democrats have long called for police reform to combat police violence against blacks and other minorities.

US President Joe Biden announced appropriate steps before Congress yesterday.

Joe Biden: "We have come together to restore trust between law enforcement and the people they serve. To root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system and to resolve police reform in George Floyd's name that has already been passed by Congress. Me knows Republicans have their own ideas and are working to have productive discussions with Democrats in the Senate. We must work together to find consensus by next month, by the first anniversary of George Floyd's death. "

In numerous US cities, many people have continued to demonstrate against racist police violence since Floyd's death, including on Tuesday in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Around half of the town's residents are black, whose living conditions and the violence they suffered from the police do not appear to have changed despite the Floyd trial.

Source: spiegel

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