Alameda police ID officers on leave after Mario Gonzalez death, as video prompts new push for reforms
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/28/alameda-identifies-three-police-officers-put-on-leave-following-mario-gonzalezs-death/
Alameda police are again under fire following the death of Mario Gonzalez, who was pinned to the ground for five minutes by officers before becoming unresponsive, in a case that has drawn comparisons to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last spring.
Gonzalez’s death — which occurred just a day before Officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of Floyd’s murder — marks the second time since late 2018 that a person was pinned by Alameda police and then died. And it comes less than a year after the arrest of a Black man who a 9-1-1 caller thought was having a mental health crisis drew outrage and protests after Alameda officers forced him to the ground and handcuffed him.