Another one. Alameda CA. Victim of suffocation by cops was Latino

[Sarcany]

deckeda wrote:
What’s interesting about this one is that the police appear to have not come into this with any sort of animus against the guy. And yet there’s a hard disconnect that says oh-by-the-way-it’s-not-weird-at-all to put someone down in the dirt when they appear to resist.

The common thread is, perp did something wrong = full justification for any response.

Was cogent and cooperative until they each grabbed an arm and twisted hard.

It's not clear why they did this. There was no reason to cuff him and it looked very much like they were deliberately hurting him, maybe just to establish dominance.

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Edit: "Cogent" is the wrong word. So is "lucid." Not sure what the right word is. He was obviously very drunk, but apparently able to speak and understand directions until he panicked when they grabbed his arms and twisted.