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help me in the back help help me help me he's dead he what he's dead even criminals have rights and they deserve to be treated with care however some officers their power they use more Force than necessary and end up taking the lives of the very criminals they were only meant to arrest help me Tony you going have to relax help me is he breathing I me let me breath let me bre here are the times where people during an arrest after crying out for help signing with a case of 6-year-old Lisa who begged officers and medical staff to consider her medical emergency but they ignored her cries until it was too late don't you dare throw yourself on the ground oh my God me I'm tired of this this is ridiculous well the hospital already said they ain't taking you back we're not taking you to another one I don't know she's not responding back here now hey come on S up on February the 5th 2023 Knoxville officers received a call reporting 60-year-old Lisa Edwards who refused to leave Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center despite being discharged what officers didn't know was that Lisa Edwards was exper experiencing a medical emergency and their actions to forcefully remove her from the hospital premises were about to result in a devastating outcome they asked you to leave didn't they did the hospital ask you to leave no they said they want you to leave yeah I can't got nowhere to you got to leave no they want you gone I know I can't I can't get you can't get where huh you can't get to where I can't get back up there they don't want you back up there they want you to leave their property they want you to leave their property ma'am I can you me off can I what I don't know what you got to go somewhere you going to have to figure something out cuz ain't no need for you to go to jail over some nonsense but you got to leave you up security guard in there and there's three so the people in the hospital be you up last night they they me out my well they said they want you gone so you got to go this is their property I can't walk why can't you walk STR on my left side and my ankle shattered you your ankle shattered yeah and they kicked you out officers continue to ask Lisa to leave the hospital grounds but it was clear she couldn't stand on her own feet due to her shattered ankle but the officers paid no heed to her pain they simply wanted to get her removed from the premises and get on with their lives ma'am what's your name my name okay Miss Edwards they said you have already talked to the doctor you you listen to me I'm talking you've already talked to the doctor you've already been discharged from the hospital they want you gone I I I I'm talking it's I understand you say you got some problems going on you're going to have to find a way to get out of here okay I don't want this to turn into a situation where you have to go to jail you sat in the lobby for 30 minutes and you had your phone and you put it back down you did not use the phone you did not even attempt to use the phone to make a phone call please don't do me this way you're the one that told us to call the police I'm not we we tried we tried other we tried Alternatives we we tried to find a peaceful resolution you're the that wanted us to call the police I never jail well that sounds like that's the only option because you're not giving us any anything El we can do I don't want to go to jail get up and get the moving get up and get the moving there jail please don't need no more okay I'm going to talk to him you eventually officers decided to take Lisa into custody on a trespassing charge multiple First Responders then lifted her into a vehicle to transport her to jail not realizing that vehicle would soon become her final destination we help you okay okay okay okay she's not strapped in there is she oh yeah I am my bad my bag oh no please don't let me fall again there you go one more time one more no I can't yeah you can can't good come on hang on right on that white bench hang on right there you got it if you get in there you can sit down steing on her shirt here Jack oh my God I got to go down all my leg well that's all that progress W man listen you're going to have to get up there because we're going to have to physically put you up there if not and that's not as nice so please help us help you oh my God you've been medically cleared so let's get in no stop okay it's not working okay just stop okay we're not doing this so we're going to put you back there we're not doing this no more with you so quit you've been medically cleared so we know that I can't be now I don't touch me I'm tired of this this is ridiculous I what think we get her in the back easier oh God I see why you got kicked out of two Hospitals now God oh God I'm going to go out I'm going out you're going out where out in my head well the hospital already said they ain't taking you back we're not taking you to another one oh my God you've been medically cleared so let's get in my f wrong I can't yes ma'am you're going to have to get it my ankle you're you've been medically cleared man this is not going to work so we need you to help us you need to get in there see it right there you weren't having these freezing problems earlier when you're out here smoking a cigarette yeah I don't know where the top is oh God oh my good walk oh my God now step up now I can yes you can or I'm going to put you in there now get in there let me in don't re my head let me in in the it was clear that Lisa was struggling to breathe with her wheezing Audible and her skin discolored despite this the officers were more concerned about the trouble getting her into the vehicle eventually they became frustrated and started becoming confrontational with her she wait she not her damn legs on purpose she was doing oh my God you talk to help this is not mine I'm just trying to help I can't get listen to me you I'm not I'm not doing this with you okay this is the Lord listen to me this is the Lord's day all I want to do is give me some coffee and some oatmeal I'm not going to deal with your mess this morning we've already spent too much time on you you're going to get up there in this van and you're going to go to jail we're done with this I'm tired of this dead weight crap listen listen to me you're going to pick your legs up and you're going to get in here okay there's him to be in there yeah I know that's that's the whole problem it's not it's going I'm going to pass out you're not going to pass out you know what we go and get in there and pass out we'll be done with it cuz this is all the ACT that's all it is you're not going back in the hospital not taking you back your person is going with you they're not taking you back in the hospital you've been kicked out of two hospitals what do you need your person you don't have one in there we've already went through in your all right the medicine portion of your inhaler is missing from the plaster piece you don't have an inhaler all right okay so listen this is going to be your option you're going to get up and you're going to sit here I'm going to stuff you in the floor so which one do you want it to be I'm leaving it up to you you either get your butt up here or you're going to have your head there and your feet here and we're going to close the door you going to drive the jail my brother oh my [Music] God oh my God dear Lord's room there to get she not helping you a bit well you're about to get you know what about to happen you're about to get some more charges that's what's about to happen okay sit back quit coming try to get her back that way can't Stu in there Brandon that ain't going to work I can't listen you're going to get jammed in a tin compartment if you don't get up there man listen to me listen get up there and qu this bull crap you're and we're going to jam you in a spot smaller we're trying to help you here get in there it's bigger and you're by yourself you have more room you're going stop don't put your hand down go don't you dare throw yourself on the ground please me please don't the appalling behavior from the police continued as Lisa pleaded for an inhaler continuously letting them know that she was experiencing serious difficulties with her breathing but for some reason the cops could not get themselves to be a little bit more Humane at this point with each passing moment Lisa was inching closer and closer to her demise oh my god get a stretcher get a stretcher yeah why we need a stretcher a strer I can't see I need get my inhaler ma'am you have used your inhaler three times if anybody letting you die yourself because you weren't using it the correct way it's all on camera right here but you using that inhaler and blowing it out oh no my leg stand up leg we know you can walk now stop it's TN oh no oh no oh no give me give me arm give me that arm oh my J oh my J quit we need her on her back to do this get it to her back okay okay okay you stretch me we're going to have some more problem okay in here okay hold on let me get in okay okay no shut up hold on let me get okay multiple officers forced Lisa into a squad car once inside she continued to complain about breathing problems her wheezing clearly audible unfortunately her cries got weaker after that I gu my gu are like this open the door we open me I can't breath I can't I can't oh my God I can't see she pulled to that position sit up sit up pleas I need I need I yeah I'm not what's up you called I'm not driving yeah yes how you doing back there I don't know she's not responding back here now hey hey come on sit up can you four a female I don't know if she's faking it or what but she's not answering sadly Lisa collapsed and in police custody in the end the family of Lisa Edwards filed a lawsuit claiming officers security guards and medical providers denied her care that could have possibly saved her life next up this hallucinating man thought he was in the safe hands of EMS workers but ended up in a worse condition than before [Music] sit up sit up now come on come on buddy on December the 18th 2022 police were called to Earl Moore's Home in the Pillsbury neighborhood after receiving a report of people with inside an apartment in the building upon arrival authorities encountered Earl Moore who was experiencing hallucination caused by alcohol withdrawal two EMS workers Peggy and Peter were entrusted with the man's care but their cold decisions resulted in an irreversible loss Earl it's the police you called us my man you need some [Music] help huh [Music] you need an ambulance no 28 Second Street 48 sweating 248 North A3 24 phone what's happening my man you know where you're at right now man home where's home [Music] you know where home is North 25th stay here with we're going to stay here but you're not on North 25th you know who the president is you know a year it is bud yeah let's start with this you know what uh your name is can you give us that Earl what's your last name what's going on with you my man [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh we're going to have an ambulance come check you out my man make sure you're okay looks like you're having some kind of problems very peaceful [Music] music hey ear who's that female out there who is she to you family well she's worried about you man she said you've been struggling a little bit you been trying to get off the lose a little bit and that ain't easy cold turkey man it's messing me up real bad right now the responding officers tried to figure out what was going on with the victim but they were unable to reach a diagnosis it was either they were inexperienced or they just didn't care enough either way ear's condition was fast deteriorating get some water yeah man we get you some water [Applause] [Music] [Music] feeling a little better yeah yeah you're sweating up a storm my man [Music] [Music] well there's your water maybe just set it down I guess said he wanted water [Music] ISS [Music] [Music] over problem [Music] [Music] [Music] with time ticking by fast the officers knew that they had to call medical professionals quickly soon the EMS arrived but instead of helping they made the situation even worse this is Earl hey haven't been able to get much out of him this day [Music] three he was up on his bed and he just rolled off onto the floor after he's been slowly stripping off of those [Music] clothes what was his last name more 35 born in March but we don't have Earl what's your birthday man hey birday this is about all we've been able to get Earl sit up sit up [Music] I am not playing come on Earl let's manid sit up sit up now I am not playing with you tonight sit up what is your birthday March 22 March 22nd what year Earl do you want to go to the hospital ma'am we need then we need to get up you're going to have to walk we ain't carrying you so let's let's get up on your [Music] feet cuz I am seriously not in the mood for this gun you can walk come on let's stand up I'm going to let you I know you can do it I've seen you do it I swear no stand up use your legs on get you some hell bud let's take the co something put it on I got your sweat bullets Noe doing that got only way we going to get you is if we walk through the house come on you're not dead wait maybe we are all right no we're just being La get up or you can stay here if you want to go to the hospital man you got to help us out a little bit Earl are you going to go where you going to stay blood if you're going to go you need to get up and walk what's up8 what's up Budd you want to go all right then get up come on you call them you obviously know you need the help you need to get up you got to use your legs man you can't just go weight on us you got to get up you caught them obviously you need the help get up and go to the hospital we'll give you the help Bud you need the help what hospital you want to go to St John come on let's go help me up let's go come on help yourself all right one two there you go there you go there you go come come on buddy keep it moving all right we're moving we're moving let keep going one foot in front of the other come on buddy we got you we'll hold you up but you got to walk forward help come on buddy need the help watch the door I got you listen to the music instead of showing some compassion the lady EMS worker harshly disregarded the hallucinating man it was obvious that Earl was struggling just to stand but they didn't even think to bring in a Stretcher he was escorted outside the room each step becoming more and more difficult and closer to his demise we're almost come on man you got to you got to help us out a little bit we a never going to get out of this house guys you got to get up and go you need the help don't dead wait them are you freaking kidding me man I know you can walk all you got to do is get outside there CS outside [ __ ] you call them get up and go to the hospital come on you can walk get up we're going to leave you here buddy we don't want to do that but we can't carry you all the way girl get up you called them you need to go go to the hospital the ambulance is outside waiting for you get up all you got to do is walk out that front door sure yeah it's right outside waiting for him ear get up we're right outside the door ear get up yeah all he has to do is walk out there get up come on you called you wanted to help come on get up all right we got another 10 ft 10 ft my man come on what's going on this side we got 10 ft we're going to go right to the door and you can lay down you can fall face first on that c we're doing one swing though we're not going to take bre that much further to go all right we got you ready doing it they got your we're doing it right here CS right there right there keep going buddy push all you got to do is go right there watch your Noggin I know it's cold I know it's cold keep going keep going negative come on buddy now get up on there man come on get up on there bud they can't get you there if you don't get on the cot get up on there Earl it's a B on Wheel get up there all right we're spin them around stand up stand up all right Earl this is getting a little silly man the officer dragged ear out of the house while the EMS worker continued shouting at him eventually they managed to get him on the stretcher but in a manner that decreased his chances of survival drastically there we go all right we'll get the hospital get to the hospital all [Applause] right take h thanks apparently thanks an hour later El passed away at a nearby hospital in Springfield Illinois as a result of the mistreatment EMS workers Peggy Finley and Peter kigan were both charged with first agree just like Earl Tony's desperate cries for help also went unheard leading to a tragedy that could have been prevented oh no please Tony what's your last name Tony please oh God I can't feel hey wait hey what is you hey what did you tell help me help me is he knocked out or he a dead is he no oh okay on August the 10th 2016 the Dallas Texas Police Department received a desperate call from Tony a man who was off his schizophrenia medic and under the influence of but when officers arrived on the scene help was the last thing they offered resulting in a very sad night chill out man let me go get me please get me just take me down don't fine don't hurt me we're not going to hurt you B we're not going to hurt you relax you some helpy relax man just stay down Tony Tony Tony tonyyy Tony stop it oh no please you're going to be all right you're going to be all right Tony what's your last name Tony please we're not going to hurt you okay you need to relax okay what did you take today what did you take oh God I can't feel hey wait hey what did you help me hey what did you take today Tony Tony what did you take today what did you take tell you you let me a little bit help me hey hey hey hey hey hey hey all we got help me the officers put Tony on the ground in handcuffs as he screamed for help clearly distressed but the moment he tried to get up the officers got even more aggressive all we got help me [Applause] Tony no no help me don't do don't do right okay down I'm I'm down please don't do it please you're all right do it hey you're okay you're okay you're okay yeah don't don't jump back got paramedic behind you okay you want twist your body out the right no it's good I'm just worried about him I can't live I can't go oh God that tck you're going to be all right Tony relax Tony relax Tony relax you don't need to be squirming man stop trying to get you help man stop all right okay so I stop I stop stop please leave please he finally said yach Club in Rockall that's okay will you let me go please hey Tony will you let me go okay I'm in yeah want to do it another day yeah want to this I think that's his yeah car over there no no yeah I got Zips in my drunk of help me Zips in the back trunk help help me help me help me help me hey I'm going to try to change cuffs okay that way we don't have to worry about it once it's up yeah look stop you're going to relax relax I'm stopping please okay please I'm stopping please okay you'll be tired tomorrow I got one on despite Tony's desperate please for help the officers continued to press their full weight onto the helpless Man Tony beged for help but was cruy dismissed by the seemingly heartless officers so what's the plan the hmfic out here Sir Bill toon one of yall well they can ride both like they can both ride in the back I'll drive the ambulance 11 because 11th ambulance let me see I highly doubt it he's good side of he's a kicker man oh hell yeah he kicked me a couple times yeah that's what I decided to I'm laying like you're going to me he's trying to kick me oh [ __ ] not good no just trying to kick me they was scumbling little Tony you still with us you all right bud you going to be all right is he acknowledge anym he's moving I thought he nodded yes one to your question Tony Tony Tony he's breathing I was make sure he was still breathing yeah his nose buried in there what the is he asleep he's asleep he's snoring that's what it was yeah he's asleep wow I was squirming it like I be sleeping [Music] too oh yeah I needed more Tony Tony Tony after to school W up I don't want to go to school more [Music] minutes first day you can't be late Tony you putch your new shoes for the first day of school come on made breakfast grabed eggs your favorite good waffles waffles Roy Tutti fruti waffles think he's out cold now might wake him up well happed I don't know he just got quiet all of a sudden it just the dark oh there he comes even as Tony fell silent the officers mocked him joking that he was just paramedics arrived on the scene revealing a heartbreaking reality hey put my phone in my other pocket let's turn them this way all right mother all right 2 3 go Jes Christ hey don't fall off now I don't want to fall is he knocked out or is he no oh okay I think I'll go freak he didn't just down there did he I don't think he did is he breathing hope I a all this weed it I love all this became a weed yeah we ain't friends exactly am what's hey Domingo find his car I have no idea I'm kind of curious to see can you have a bag No I gave you my last one he didn't have much stuff though yeah he's not breathing he's not breathing nope oh he Ain breathing BR put on some gloves we need some chest compressions he so he was fighting and then just gave up I've got her his mom on the phone and she knows all this stuff he's what inside the ambulance the medical staff informed the officers that Tony wasn't breathing at that point the reality hit hard they had taken the life of a man whom they owed a duty to protect all right um what y want to swipe out coers you got it want to go y want to go to [Applause] park no appreciate y sorry he tried in the end Tony's end was ruled due to the stress of being restrained and extreme physical exertion in 20121 Tia's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit which ended in 2023 with his son being awarded $1 million the negligence doesn't stop as Edward bronstein met a sad end at the hands of cold-blooded officers who were meant to protect Hime I can't I can't bre I can't breath stop yelling please I can't breath I in March 2020 38-year-old Edward bronstein was pulled over on Five freeway in Burbank suspected of driving Under the Influence but what began as a routine traffic stop resulted in an unforgettable and haunting nightmare [Music] why okay okay I'll do it willingly fine I'll do it willingly okay I'll do it willingly dude get a chair you really going to do this that was that that was the last time if you resist if you even like this what the hell is so [ __ ] important about my blood what it's a court order it's a court order it's your choice here do serious is this this is serious why for officers to fing force me to do this really you you can just provide it and still say you don't consent that's finec wrong what is going on you're bringing the fight to this not us I'm not fighting at all then have a seat and provide your arm this is your last opportunity otherwise you're going face down on the mat and we're going to keep on going okay pleas done okay you can't do it as officers detained brunstein on a mat they told him that they needed to draw his blood but brunstein was reluctant reports later suggested it was because of his extreme fear of needles the officers however showed no mercy do it willingly as told you please don't okay I'll do it willingly I'll do it willingly I'll do it willingly prise willingly I'll go willingly I'll go willingly I promise [Music] do it I'll do it I I I promise I promise do like don't do it like [Applause] [Music] you're not even poking you yet nobody's doing anything you relax I can't breath I can't breath I can't breath stop yelling I breathe I can't breathe I can't breathe I can't please help I can't breathe I'll do it willingly I'll do it willingly just relax and stop resisting let me let me breath let me bre stop moving I the more you move the worse it's going to be bro p i you're pushy [Music] Bronstein's desperate cries echoed as he screamed he could not breathe at least a dozen times but his pleas fell on deaf ears as a nurse continued to draw blood not realizing a body laid before her head head wake him up hey wake up hey up go you got a syringe sure you got a pulse on it [Music] Edward Edward hey bud Edward go word [Music] that Edward Ed Edward start Ed Yeah by when the officers finally noticed that Bron steam wasn't moving they spent several minutes idly watching him occasionally calling his name and slapping his face by the time they realized CPI needed to be done it was already too late Eyes Are Open is he having a n Naran what's he on Nars okay did he have anything on him yeah uncuff him watch his head [Music] anybody have oxygen we don't have O2 yeah get a pocket mask at least in case you have to do super [Music] that edin is it Ed I don't know if this shows right all his fingers blood pressure no no no the hey bu down do is he breathing if he's got a pulse and he's not breathing he still needs rescue bro get some Aon hey fire to give him anymore we don't have O2 in the bag anymore bronstein never regained Consciousness and was later PR announced in December 2020 Bronstein's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit leading to a $24 million settlement from the state of California in March 2023 seven officers and the nurses were charged with involuntary manslaughter facing up to 4 years in prison for their actions similar to bronstein of power on the officer's end caused irreversible damage to Mario Gonzalez considering him as a suspicious individual there I got it thank you thank you ah [Music] hey start CPR on April the 19th 2021 officers in Alama California responded to a call about a man loitering and behaving strangely in a public park upon arrival the officers located the 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez wandering at the edge of the park however little did the officers know the following interaction with him would show up in headlines in a haunting manner you know like I I seen somebody you know like stuff like that my couple papers my cards you live here in the city Al well I haven't got in the house yet okay can you give me one favor just keep your hands out of your pockets was it Mario hey do me aor over here there's something here hey come over here come over here we don't want you to fall down okay all right they're getting W we're just going to put your hands behind I got you got what no wait wait wait it's wait what the heck you got it you good oh my gosh it's not bad it's not bad here Mario stop it hey do it do me a favor okay don't do it can you please put your hand behind your back and stop resisting oh no wonder there I got it what do you have sorry no it's not that no it wasn't that no stop stop stop [Music] stop put behind your back right sir your your back put your hand behind your back you guys like you able to get that arm out you're listen Mario put your hand behind your back hello there I'm sorry face got we need you to stop just [Music] okay good y relax relax noticing Gonzalez's slur speech and signs of of heavy intoxication the officers tried to handcuff him but that was when he started resisting prompting the officers to get more aggressive but in doing this they crossed all bounds of Civility all right what are we going to do keep pting down we get the racker yeah I got all right watch out hey Mario it's okay Mario oh my gosh we're going to take care of you okay we're going to take care of you right there okay there there thank you there there there there I got it thank you no thank you you good it's okay it's okay what's your name Mario Mario what's your last name Mario Alberto Alberto Mario what's your birthday we got you I want it's okay all right I we're okay okay Mario [Music] go ahead and get up Charlie I got him Charlie can you grab the the r hey Mario what's your birthday all right Sor hey Mario just talk to me okay yeah what's your birthday Mario it's okay I forgive you sorry 1984 1984 what what month Mario let me relax to good I think I think you just had too much to drink today that's all okay Mario calm down please stop kicking Mario stop stop kicking [Music] think we can roll him on the side I don't want to lose what I got man okay can you grab the wrap out of 111 Mario just please stop fighting us it's all right we have no weight on his chest you go around man no no no no no wait no wait no wait Gonzalez cried out for help as the officers held him down one of them pressing a knee into his back for nearly 3 minutes but by the time they tried to roll him onto his side it was already too late the young man had passed on due to their negligence going Mario yeah 41 hey start CPR just get him on there you got a pulse no okay check he's still holding his head up start C are you sure yeah go go go go got a realizing that Gonzalez was unresponsive the officers sprung into action they rolled him onto his side and began chest compressions soon paramedics arrived as well but they could do little to revive the unresponsive cold body you guys check yeah he went from combative to non-responsive almost immediately we started compressions when we check pul yeah 4 Mig each Mario Gonzalez passed away later at the hospital his cause of death was determined to be asphixiation the city reached two settlements with Gonzalez's family in December however the officers were still charged with involuntary manslaughter [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] e [Music] e [Music] [Music] e [Music]
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