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Angelo Quinto looked cooking and fishing (Family photograph)
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hen the family of Angelo Quinto called the police two days before Christmas, they thought they would be able to help the mentally distressed young man.
As it was, the officers would end up handcuffing him and pinning him to the floor for up to five minutes, as one officer held his legs and another knelt on his neck. His mother became alarmed as he became uncomfortable, allegedly saying: “Please don’t kill me.”
Within minutes, 30-year-old Angelo Quinto lost consciousness, and three days later he would die in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Antioch, California.
A mentally ill man died in Antioch police custody. Now his family is seeking answers
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Diana Collins Puente (left) holds hands with sister-in-law Maria Cassandra Quinto-Collins and niece Isabella “Bella” Collins, 18, as they get emotional about the loss of son and brother Angelo Quinto who died in police custody in December on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 in Antioch, California. Angelo Quinto died in Antioch police custody in December and the police did not alert the public about the in-custody death. The family says that the officers placed their knees on his neck for over four minutes until he died.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less