Seven California officers and a nurse are now facing involuntary manslaughter charges after a man died in their custody in 2020. NBC’s Maura Barrett reports on how video shows the man was shouting that he couldn’t breathe while officers kneeled on him. Warning: Some viewers may find the video disturbing.
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#California #Cops #Crime
I say good riddance! He was endangering people while driving under the influence.
Yes about time. Was waiting for this case to settle. Took a few yrs but justice been served here.
Should be able to intervene if a officer goes Rouge
Worthless drug attics refusing arrest.
AMERICA
It’s a shame we humans have to go thru all this pain and suffering on this rock, we call Earth, floating in the middle of space. 🕴️🗣️
If they pull this around me I’m jumping in, lying claiming to be a doctor, and trying to render aid or prevent suffocation.
Looked like he was “snuffed” out.. that’s sick, these people are sick..
This is absolutely absurd! I love my police and health care professionals in general, but shame on these 8!
GASCON HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO UPHOLD AMERICA’S LAW’S AND DOESN’T.
Another black eye for the bullys in blue. Way to go heros
I bet The alcoholic he drink killed him. When you panic it only get worse.
Omg….so so sad.
these officers will just be replaced by more officers who will do the same thing
He says he can’t breath and they don’t let off on his body, why did this have to happen.
Like George, its 50% the suspect on substances and 50% the officers not trained or whatever to recognize the effects of drugs when extreme stress is introduced.
Hey white folks let’s start chanting and riding for this guy that was killed by officers. Let’s see if we get the same reaction and a boulevard named after our cause…!
If i hear Stop Resisting one more F3CKING TIME! Almost every 5 year old kid on earth knows when you pile on top of a person and they let out that scream, then it’s time to ease up. THIS AIN’T F3CKIN TRAINING YOU DIPSHITS! You don’t have to train kids how not to pile on a person untill they die. Were just gonna really play this game over and over America????
Gutless cowards.
I could hear his fear and agony and they ignored it. . Murderers all of them..💯
those police officers must be put in jail for their entire lives.
According to the news accounts , police officers only do this to black’s ! Being this is a white guy will Ben Crump represent this family ?
i can’t believe this happened again
the police are such jokes
5 years for murder . That’s some Don king sentence right there. and that was in 1970 or 60s
5 years for killin someone …. No wonder this will never change release the names find the families and game on
This is pure murder
Federal grant monies for police & EMT trainings.
Why is the Nurse being charged ?
Deplorable
Only the nurse going to jail
Ha..Ha …… that’s what you idiots get🐷🐷🐷
Why is the Nurse getting charged? Unless the man didn’t have a pulse during that 13 minute wait period, they can’t start CPR. CPR is started when there is no pulse. You can’t do chest compression on someone with a pulse.
Why no marching protest oops sorry he doesn’t fit the liberal race hustlers blm narrative rip to him
Well he was high on meth and probably having an anxiety attack the cop telling him to “relax” while he’s being killed sounds ridiculous too.
All this because he refused a blood test?!
They literally treat pedophiles better.
Crack kills
Well, I guess white people have their own GEORGE FLOYD to protest about along with Donald Trump.
Cops don’t care, their union we protect them, authorities will make meaningless statements and wait for the family to give up their pursuit for justice…they killed him
from cops to Killers.. why
This is second degree felony
Why did the nurse help them do this? Now she has to suffer because of others’ actions.
And with “What’s Coming” it’s only gonna get worse!
I too send my prayers that Jesus Christ the Son of GOD who gave himself for all us, that wherever and however you can find the comfort he has.
PIGS are gonna get COOKED like BACON if they don’t pray for forgiveness, repent and change their ways, and like really soon…
5 years? That’s why I hate pigs
#BlueLivesMurder
I feel so bad for the friends and family of this child of God. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Y’all killed him don’t make it sound otherwise. It’s just insulting to the public, you promise the public’s safety is the first priority as a defense to murdering a person of the public. These cops are obviously stupid and need to take IQ exam.
Dunking donuts is gonna feel that loss of buisness
Oh but his white this time
DUI is not a death pentalty offense. Cops should not be allowed to be judge, jury, and executioner.
Lock em up! Bad cops are the new prison pipeline 🙏
The N-word wake-up call. You are NOT above the law. If you are NOT a people person and you can NOT think faster than the common criminal DON’T take the job!!! Do the taxpayers and Real estate taxpayers a favor !!! There is a reason they have the body camera on you. Figure it out !!!
Throw the book
This happens all the time forced blood drawn
5 years for murder?????? 😳
Poor training.
lol, 3 years later they get charged?
Sad, but see it everyday , hold those highway patrol or police accountable. We are humans not animals, aren’t those police and highway patrol officers humans too?
Reform the police & end qualified immunity
Revolution is inevitable.
Evil
They all going to walk free, wait and see. system created by them for them.
This got nothing to do with training, till justice system start to lock up bad cops with real jail time. they are going to continue abuse their authority.
There was a women in the same position begging for her inhaler screaming she couldn’t breath and the cop had the audacity to ask her if she wanted a cigarette and to quit faking it. She was thrown in the back of the car and continued begging for them to help her as she died. Murderers all of them involved. NO ONE SHOULD NEED TRAINING IN THIS MATTER Common sense should tell them all to administer first aid!!!!!!!!! It was outrageous to say he was resisting arrest anyone with half a brain could see this man was clearly begging for much needed assistance.
I wouldn’t take anything on Facebook while you I would like to see the full autopsy report and the full 18 minute video of what happened. He could have easily just died from alcohol poisoning because he was driving drunk.
Am so glad I came across Maskoffaid they helped me with a legit PayPal transfer of over $14,000
HE WAS HANDCUFF & LAID IN GROUND NEED 7 COPS & A NURSE TO HOLD HIM DOWN??? & HE LISTENS TO COMMANDS???
Glad for cameras…
I’m getting really tired of what we allow we need to get rid of police
If it was a black person they would’ve gotten away with it.
👏👏👏👏 they need to all be charged with murder
FTP they are all nothing but FILTHY DISGUSTING PIGS
How this keeps happening is bizarre to say the least.. it’s like the never learn from the past.
Should be straight up murder
😤 let me breath… Wow where is the unity!!!
😢
Justice served,RIP
Sad civilians gotta wait years for justice
Personally I think it sucks the dude died from “Not being able to breathe” which was probably because the dude was high on drugs. But anywhoo has anyone ever noticed when someone has to give a public announcement they always have a sheet of paper with everything they have to say but have to speak really slow and keep glancing at it to make sure they are saying it Verbatim??? Just say wtf you came to say n stuff
“Any death in custody is a tragedy”. Except yours was criminal.
Yes cops need to be held accountable for their actions too
Suspend his license. Put him in jail. But how is forcefully sticking a needle into an unwilling participant even remotely acceptable to them? The police will escalate ANYTHING into a use of force for the pettiest, most trivial reasons.
Oh yeah sure you will do something like this cuz the man was white but if the person was black and not white you’ll won’t California won’t do anything until it gets attention from the family
Lol they need to do a serious investigation in the prison system they lose 3 inmates a day per facility! And it’s not what you call natural deaths
Hope they turn around and sue the DA for being a spineless whiny coward
Your had that many people to handle one man in handcuffs…….. Stop putting your knees on someone’s neck!!!! Idiots!!!
A “tragedy”?? More like murder! Stop putting your knees on someone’s neck!
How about the training officer that was killed being beaten during so call excerise.
But it was done because he reported a sexual assualt by one of the police officers.
The mother of that trainee officer is suing the Los Angeles police dept. And to expose the police depart of corruption
obstructing justice.
As long as the cops are on camera saying quit resisting nothing will happen to them yeah they got charged but they won’t be prosecuted.
Wow 5 whole years for slowly killing a man. What a joke.
This is incorrect these officers are trained to do this exact thing these are not officers to help us these are Revenue collectors plain and simple you got to think of them as Revenue collectors they’re not an official government agency
The nurse is involved in it to she should be charged as well they got it right