Brother of #MarioGonzalez: “the police killed my brother in the same way they killed #GeorgeFloyd.”
— Melissa Colorado (@melissacolorado) April 27, 2021
Gonzalez family has seen Alameda PD body cam video & they say police had their weight on Mario’s neck & his back.
“Everything we saw in this video was unnecessary…” @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/Tv3SZ3T5eD
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“They broke my family for no reason.”
— Melissa Colorado (@melissacolorado) April 27, 2021
The mother of #MarioGonzalez says her autistic son is asking for Mario & she doesn’t know how to break the news to him. Mario’s mom saw police body cam video & she says her son answered police’s questions & did not insult them. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/sO5JOtaWwk
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A man in Alameda, CA died after police pinned him down for 5 min — with a knee to his neck, bodycam shows. Police claim he had a “medical emergency.”#MarioGonzalez was 26.
— AJ+ (@ajplus) April 28, 2021
Family say police killed him “in the same manner they killed George Floyd.” Officers are on paid leave. pic.twitter.com/HT5dP6Xuig
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Police in Alameda, CA wrote in a report that Mario Gonzalez was violent before his arrest and died in the hospital after a “medical emergency.”
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) April 28, 2021
Body cam footage shows he was calm and peaceful. He died on-site after they knelt on his back for 5 minutes. https://t.co/s8vP7Bq2zY
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That video of #MarioGonzalez is very disturbing. There should be absolutely no question that the officers where the sole reason why he died.
— Oree Originol (@OreeOriginol) April 28, 2021
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Mario Gonzalez was alone in a park when Alameda police came. He calmly spoke to them for 9 mins. They pinned him down, kneeled on his back for 5 mins until he was unresponsive.
— Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (@sarah_grossman) April 28, 2021
“Police killed my brother in the same manner that they killed George Floyd.” https://t.co/x22eXID7dv