The family of Mario Gonzalez, who died after officers restrained him by putting their knees on his back, intends to file a civil rights lawsuit against the Alameda Police Department, a lawyer tells ABC News.
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Xavier Brown, 20, of Oakland, stands at Lake Merritt on Friday, April 23, 2021. Brown participated in last year’s George Floyd protests after learning how long former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin leaned on Floyd’s neck. “That was what enraged me. I couldn’t even watch the whole video. It made me so emotional. What broke something in me is that every officer told me: If you comply, you’ll be fine. What I saw in that video was George Floyd was calm.”Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Alameda youth ask tough questions of police, city leaders in the wake of Mario Gonzalez s death
By Lisa Fernandez
Video shows Alameda police kneeling on Mario Gonzalez shortly before death
The Alameda Police Department released body cam video showing the arrest of Mario Gonzalez, who later died after what was described as a scuffle with police. The video shows an officer kneeling on Gonzalez during the altercation.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Alameda high school students on Friday asked tough questions of the police and city leaders in the wake of Mario Gonzalez s death.
How can we trust the Alameda police?
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Published April 29, 2021 at 5:05 PM PDT Listen • 24:04
This year marks the first time that a U.S. president has ever acknowledged the Armenian genocide. Today, we’ll hear from one Armenian American about what it was like to grow up with that legacy. And, we’ll take a deeper look at the death of Mario Gonzalez, who was killed by police officers in Alameda.