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No Charges in Death of Man Who Told Cops He Couldn't Breathe (Louisiana)

Source: Associated Press

May 31, 9:32 PM EDT

NO CHARGES IN DEATH OF MAN WHO TOLD COPS HE COULDN'T BREATHE


SCOTT, La. (AP) -- A grand jury in Louisiana has declined to indict police officers who held a man down, with officers on top of him, and did not get up even after he told them, "I can't breathe."

Robert Minjarez Jr., 30, died five days after his arrest by Carencro and Scott police and sheriff's deputies outside a gas station in Lafayette Parish, The Advertiser ( http://bit.ly/1eK1DxA ) reports.

Because grand jury proceedings are always secret, no details were available. Jurors reviewed evidence presented by the district attorney, who had been sent an investigation report prepared by state police and the FBI.

In addition, the newspaper quotes a statement from the FBI as saying that its investigation did not turn up anything the Justice Department's Civil Rights Unit could prosecute.

A report from the Lafayette Parish coroner described the main cause of Minjarez's death as "compressional asphyxia due to face-down physical restraint by law enforcement officers."

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