California man who died in custody was restrained on his stomach for 5 minutes and lost consciousnes
A California man who died in police custody this month was restrained on his stomach on the ground for about five minutes before he became unresponsive and officers began CPR, body camera footage released Tuesday by the Alameda Police Department shows.
The April 19 death of Mario Arenales Gonzalez, 26, is under investigation by the county and the city, and a lawyer representing Arenales' family alleges the first police news release about the incident was misleading.
The cause of Arenales' death has not been determined.
The incident started around 10:45 a.m. on April 19, when police officers in Alameda -- just south of Oakland -- responded to separate reports about a man who appeared to be under the influence and about a suspect in a possible theft, Alameda police said in a news release that day.
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Death of California man who was pinned facedown by police draws comparisons to that of George Floyd
Gerardo Gonzalez traveled home this month from North Carolina, where he attends college, to Oakland, California, to spend time with his two brothers and their mother for her 45th birthday.
But instead of cutting a birthday cake last Tuesday, he and his family were mourning the loss of his eldest brother, Mario, 26, who died in police custody April 19 after officers in Alameda County pinned him facedown on the ground for five minutes.
"From my point of review, it's heartbreaking to see my mother have to go through this," Gerardo Gonzalez said Wednesday. "She raised her firstborn and now she has to bury her firstborn."
Newly released body camera video shows police talking to Mario Gonzalez in a park after receiving 911 calls that he appeared to be disoriented or drunk. He struggled to answer questions.
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they tell him to "calm down" when he's fighting for his life... 
he was flailing cuz he was going into distress...
