Three years after law enforcement officials in Northern California pinned a person face down for about 5 minutes as he begged for aid, prosecutors introduced that the officers would face prices of involuntary manslaughter within the man’s demise.
The fees towards Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, all with the Alameda Police Division on the time, within the demise of Mario Gonzalez, 26, have been introduced on Thursday, after a assessment by the Alameda County district legal professional’s Public Accountability Unit.
The county’s earlier district legal professional closed the investigation into the officers in 2022, saying that the proof didn’t justify felony prices. However Pamela Worth, who was elected district legal professional later that 12 months, reopened the case a 12 months in the past.
The brand new prices have been introduced simply days after the county’s Registrar of Voters introduced {that a} recall marketing campaign towards Ms. Worth had submitted sufficient signatures to proceed.
The incident that resulted in Mr. Gonzalez’s demise started when the officers responded to a name {that a} man was loitering and behaving surprisingly in a public park on April 19, 2021.
Mr. Gonzalez was wandering on the fringe of the park, close to a row of homes. Physique digital camera footage captured Officer McKinley approaching Mr. Gonzalez in a pleasant method, asking him if he was OK. Mr. Gonzalez spoke incoherently, standing close to two procuring baskets of liquor bottles.
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