After a delayed public revelation of the in-custody death of Angelo Quinto in December and another in-custody death last week, Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe announced a police reform program that he brought before the council in a special meeting. Bob Redell reports.
“The officer requested Angelo’s mother to get off of him so they can detain him in handcuffs,” said Brooks.
But Angelo s family insists when police arrived he had settled down.
“He was calm, just some noises but calm,” said Quinto-Collins.
They say police used excessive force - with one officer holding his legs while another used a knee to restrain him - putting it on his neck.
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A Navy veteran who was going through an episode of paranoia died after a Northern California police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, his family said Tuesday. The family of Angelo Quinto called police on December 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis and needed help.
His family says a responding officer knelt on Quinto s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs. Quinto lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died three days later. He said Please don t kill me. Please don t kill me, as they were putting him on the ground. They handcuffed him and one officer put his knee on the back of his neck the whole time I was in the room, said Quinto s mother, Cassandra Quinto-Collins.
An officer knelt on Angelo Quinto’s neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs, his family said. Quinto lost consciousness and died three days later.
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