Bodycam Footage Released in Fatal Law Enforcement Encounter With Suspect Near Willits
Still from the body cam footage of MCSO Deputy Lopez shot during the incident that occurred prior to the death of Nicholas Bakewell.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office released body camera footage and a press release today, Tuesday, July 15, offering the public a clearer look at the events that led to the death of 36-year-old Nicholas Bakewell as deputies attempted to detain him in the 2000 block of Hearst Willits Road near Willits on June 5.
Bakewell died after deputies responded to a call reporting a disturbance involving a hitchhiker and a driver on a rural stretch of road. The incident was dispatched as a 415 physical—typically used for altercations that may involve fighting. According to Sheriff Matt Kendall and Captain Quincy Cromer, the initial report from CHP dispatch indicated that a physical confrontation had taken place, and deputies responded due to being closer to the scene.
The video released is composed of two sources: the body cameras of Deputy Jesus Lopez and Sergeant Sam Logan. The perspectives show overlapping footage of the same encounter. However, Logan’s video ends approximately 2 minutes and 20 seconds earlier than Lopez’s. Captain Cromer explained this was because, during the struggle, Bakewell kicked Logan’s bodycam and shut it off.
Cromer said MCSO deputies did not recognize Bakewell as they encountered him, and his identity was only confirmed after Willits Police officers arrived.
He warns that this video can be hard to view. “This is…difficult to watch,” he told us. “It’s, it’s a tough situation to deal with for—obviously, the person that’s experiencing some sort of crisis and the deputies at the scene, but we do believe that the types of force that were used in this instance were appropriate for the circumstances they encountered.”
At the beginning of each officer’s video, there are a few seconds of film without sound. Captain Cromer explained that body cameras are designed to capture 30 seconds of video prior to the device being activated–a pre-event buffering feature, but audio only begins once the deputy presses the record button.
He told us, “The audio only starts once they’ve depressed that device. So the start…gives you video leading up to when they press the button, and then audio and video from then on out.” He added, “That’s the way the latest devices are set. When you start recording, mine would go back [and show the video] 30 seconds [before] the time I activated it, and then audio and video from there on out from where I press the button.”
The encounter between Bakewell and law enforcement escalated quickly. The camera worn by Deputy Lopez shows that from the time he, the first officer there, arrived on scene to law enforcement calling for Code 3 medical because Bakewell wasn’t breathing took less than 6 minutes. Lopez began the encounter by attempting to engage Bakewell, but Sheriff Kendall says Bakewell took an aggressive stance and refused commands. Kendall explained, “You can see pretty rapidly that this guy wanted to fight, not talk.”
Captain Cromer provided us with the department’s crisis intervention policy. “De-escalation requires cooperation,” Captain Cromer told us. “And when that fighting stance occurs, [Deputy Lopez] draws his taser. First, he creates a distance between him and the subject, and that’s to give [Nicholas Bakewell] further opportunity to comply.” Cromer explained this is how deputies are trained to react.
As Bakewell continues to ignore commands, MCSO deputies employed a progression of “less-lethal” tools including OC spray, verbal commands, and two Taser deployments before subduing Bakewell in the roadside brush.
At approximately minute marker 8 in the video, law enforcement officers including two Willits Police Department officers can be seen dragging Bakewell out of the brush and toward the roadway. By minute marker 8:50, the officers have pulled him partly onto the road and are working to handcuff him as he struggles. At approximately minute marker 9:04, the final handcuff side clicks into place.
Around minute marker 9:20, officers begin urging Bakewell to breathe. At 10:09, they roll him onto his side, call for Code 3 medical assistance, and administer Narcan. By minute marker 10:55, one officer is heard saying “still got no pulse,” and by minute marker 11:16, another reports that Bakewell is turning purple. The video cuts soon after that.
Scenes like this have drawn increased national attention in recent years to the risks associated with positional asphyxia—a condition in which a person’s breathing may become dangerously restricted due to the position in which they are restrained, especially when lying face down with hands cuffed behind them. A 2021 investigation by the Associated Press documented dozens of in-custody deaths under similar circumstances, often involving individuals who had already been subdued. Medical experts cited in the report recommend that restrained individuals be moved into a seated or side-lying position as soon as it is safe to do so to help reduce the risk.
The time from when the handcuffs are clicked on to the time the officers begin to notice distress is about one minute.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office policy manual addresses this risk, stating that terms like “positional asphyxia,” and “restraint asphyxia,” remain debated and are not universally recognized medical conditions. Still, the manual instructs deputies not to use any restraint or transport method that might unreasonably impair breathing beyond the point of control. Once a person is safely restrained, deputies are directed to place them into a recovery position—such as seated or supine (laying face up down)—and to monitor for signs of medical distress, in compliance with California Government Code § 7286.5.
Although the official cause of death has not yet been determined, the incident remains under review. Toxicology results and a full forensic pathology report are pending. MCSO emphasized that the use-of-force review board has completed its internal review, finding that deputies acted within policy. The deputies involved were placed on administrative leave but have since returned to full duty.
MCSO said the full, unedited video footage will eventually be released as required by AB 748, the California law governing public disclosure of critical incident recordings. Today’s release is a narrated, edited version intended to provide context while official investigations continue.
Press release from MCSO:
As a part of this continuing investigation being conducted by the Mendocino County District Attorney’s Office, additional information is being released to provide the identity of the involved Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office personnel and the identification of the decedent.
The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office employees involved in this incident on 06-05-2025 were Deputy Jesus Lopez and Sergeant Sam Logan. Deputy Lopez has approximately 5 years of law enforcement experience and Sergeant Logan has approximately 13.5 years of law enforcement experience. Both Deputy Lopez and Sergeant Logan have law enforcement experience in the Corrections and Patrol Divisions with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
During the coroner’s investigation related to this incident, the decedent was identified as Nicholas Bakewell, a 36-year-old male from Willits, CA.
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 748, dispatch and video footage of this incident are being released publicly on the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office YouTube page. The video release can be accessed by utilizing either of the following links:
YouTube Page https://www.youtube.com/c/
MendocinoSheriff
YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBzx08v3s7U
Earlier:
- Man Dies After Deputies Deploy Tasers Near Willits
- Hitchhiker Assaults Driver, Dies After Law Enforcement Attempts to Arrest Him
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6 minutes.
This is another example of a tragic but preventable death that resulted from the suspect’s failure to comply with law enforcement’s commands — do what the cop says and everyone lives to see another day.
“everyone lives to see another day.” seems naive, hopefully not.
6 minutes. A tazer was not the answer. Back away. Unarmed man in crisis acting off. Step back. Call crisis. Rarely if ever does a hands on heavy response yeild a calming effect. The soul knows when life is waining, the wild response typical, common, fighting for your life. 6 minutes. Hands on, tazer shots, 6 minutes.
He was aggressive in physical stance, actions, and speech. The initial 911 call was for an unknown physical altercation involving a subject that fit his description. Officers must use the information they have to make a quick decision on what course of action to take. 6 minutes doesn’t sound long but in reality officers must make all these decisions in less than 6 SECONDS. Honestly I’m surprised the guy wasn’t tazed immediately when he aggressively approached the first responding officer with his fists up. I’m impressed by the actions of the officers and although the outcome was unfortunate for the guy, his own escalation of the police encounter and lack of compliance led to this result.
Officers are to not be triggered and step back. They are trained to not become agressive when responding to agressive souls. Unarmed souls having difficulties. Can nit get trigger are to be voice if reason and calm, protect and serve. Protect the vulnerable who are struggling. Given 15 more minutes it would have been different. Turn the dog on him. No need for instant hands on.
What was he thinking? Well, he was certifiably insane. Maybe temporary, drugs, alcohol, relationship, etc.
You never win against the cops. The best you can hope for is to immediately comply with their requests and tell it to a judge or a jury. But, that would be the sane thing to do.
Words, running mouth, un armed. Remember the kids rhyme Sticks n stones will break my bones, but words they are no bother? Step back. Step away. 6 minutes. Let the dog out. A tazer and dead 6 minutes,? Unarmed? NO excuse for the rapid, heavy action and not calling the crisis response staff. To protect and serve. If they waited 15 more minutes, called the appropriate staff this would not be the result.
The response time for “crisis staff” is longer than 15 minutes. Not all officers are K-9 handlers and often K-9 is unavailable. 15 minutes is a long time when you are dealing with a non compliant person. You have to control the person’s movement and maintain safety for the public. You do not know if he has a weapon concealed on his person and he showed signs of capabilities and willingness to act violently.
You can not know for certain that the out come would be any different. Your attempt to place the blame on these officers is misguided and mean. It is one thing to try and “monday night quarter back” these kinds of incidents, but to actually have to handle them is something completely different. You can train and train to handle emergencies, but when they actually happen, they do not always happen the way the training went down.
I disagree with you. His actions were aggressive, erratic and unpredictable. He did not comply with officers’ requests, he was told he was being arrested and still did not comply. The officers remained calm and I saw nothing suggesting they were anything but professional given the circumstances. Just because someone does not have a weapon doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous and can do harm. The officers used non-lethal force methods as I’m sure they were trained to do. I’m all for crisis response as the first step when the person is passive, but if they are acting aggressively then they need to be contained first as they are a danger to themselves and others. You keep harping on 6 minutes, 15 minutes, blah blah blah, but life happens in the blink of an eye and we don’t always have the extra time to thoroughly weigh our decisions and their possible consequences. If I ever find myself on a road screaming erractically and charging at officers, then I thoroughly expect to be taken down to the ground with the quickness, that guy is lucky they gave him the chances they did and unlucky that his body couldn’t handle the takedown. Oh and I would rather be tazed any day than have a dog set on me, I’m guessing you have never experienced either, well I have in controlled settings and the tazer is much more gentle and easier to recover from. Overall, the officers protected and served the general public in this situation, they tried to protect and serve this guy but he wasn’t having it which he ended up face down on the roadside. Sucks, but that’s life, one second you’re here and the next you’re not. Death has zero effs about 6 minutes.
You’re completely uninformed on the subject.
And what happens if someone is just having a bad moment in life? Does that still make it ok to u to use such force as to kill someone? Say it was heaven forbid, ur mother,father, child, sibling or even urself, and u were having a bad day for whatever reason, would the same actions and out comes still b ok?
Yes, if it were myself or any family member acting aggressively toward officers, then the officers would be well within their jurisdiction to use the necessary force to stop that behavior. Even if it was a “bad moment in life” it would not matter because the situation would still be dangerous to all those involved. By the way, the use of the tazer is usually a non-lethal method, but in the case of this man, it may have set off a medical event that led to his death. The intent was not to kill him with a tazer and the officers would have no way of knowing that his body would respond so poorly to a tazer.
If you were resisting arrest, punching and kicking at officers, would you expect them to treat you gently? Would you deserve to put their safety at risk because you were having a bad day? What exactly should they do to contain you and stop you from injuring yourself and others?
It’s easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. He was fighting because he was drugged out of his mind and died from his violent actions. Now’s he’s rehabilitated.
Knew him his entire life. His mom educator of the year. Knew response crew. Knew all the folks watching. Have watched far too many not recover and that’s heartbreaking. What’s the point of any services if hope and a hand is not honestly placed?
Many need a helping hand or a second chance, but vagrants and drug addicts are in a completely different category. Karma finds them as well.
It’s not always that simple. Wish it was in a perfect world, but sadly it’s not.
You sound very opinionated but very uneducated. There are a multitude of reasons why a person may not be capable of complying, including a psychological episode with psychosis. One cannot simply just snap out of it and comply like you state. The goal should always be to take the person into custody as safely as possible for everyone involved.
You said:
”One cannot simply just snap out of it and comply like you state.”
False — I said he was incapable of complying but the cops needed to take him into custody anyway — instead of blaming the cops how about blaming the people who gave him the drugs?
these officers are at fault for NOT de-escalating.. just requires backing off and letting someone agitated cool down.. instead they chose not too and a person is dead with the officers completely at fault and a crooked county sheriffs dept.. no excuse for this…
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Sad.
This is agitated delirium syndrome. The toxicology report will show meth and/or fentanyl. Governor Gav denies it exists because he wants to prosecute LEOs but anyone who has worked in EMS for a while has seen it.
https://www.acepnow.com/article/aceps-new-clinical-policy-on-severe-agitation/
Actually people learn the facts first. It was mushrooms. And it really shouldn’t matter what someone is under the influence of. They could’ve taken other measures, they didn’t have to kill him. Plain and simple
They didn’t kill him — he resisted violently and unfortunately his heart stopped.
They killed him doing their job, there is that better for you! Just leave it alone! His family Is hurting, his friends are hurting.
No, he died from his overdose and actions while LEO’s were doing their job.
Just drop it already! I said that they were trying to do their job. You don’t know it was an overdose or not! No one does yet. Yes drugs are a major factor.
You drop it. They didn’t kill him trying to do their jobs. Use common sense.
whether you like if or the crooked LEOs like it.. under california law that was 2nd degree murder on cal penal code… whether they got charged for it or not the crime against this victim was committed by LEO’s “helping(NOT)”..
Funny, the article said tox has not returned yet.
How do YOU know what it was?
If you have pertinent information, you should contact the authorities and share it.
What in that article (which says to take a hands off, talk them down approach) do you think supports your statement?
There is more medical evidence for Restraint Asphyxia causing death than there is for Excited Delerium causing death.
I’m sure his tox screen will show meth or PCP – stimulants, which would be consistent with his behavior. Fentanyl is a depressant.
“Such patients typically suffer from an acute medical emergency, acute intoxication with sympathomimetics or alcohol, or a psychiatric problem.”. Sympathomimetic drugs include amphetamines and cocaine. Fentanyl is a respiratory depressant.
Bakewell was too drugged out to comply with much of anything. His violent actions resulted in his death. Sad and tragic but a lesson to stay away from drugs.
He was tased in the bushes like an animal. How the hell is he supposed to get on his stomach stuck in the bushes. He was not a threat to them on his back!
Unfortunately he was not in a frame of mind to comply with anything — starting with the first moment when he aggressively charged the Deputy who backpedaled and tried to engage with him — right on through to twice violently resisting efforts to handcuff him.
MM’s suggestions to call crisis, wait 15 minutes or sic a dog on him are ludicrous — a crisis worker would not have been able to engage and waiting 15 minutes or turning a dog on him would not have changed the necessity of going hands on to handcuff him.
Meanwhile, the intersection of Bray and HW Road is very close to town and gets it’s share of bike and pedestrian traffic in addition to cars — are the cops supposed to let this very aggressive and irrational guy keep roaming around until he calms down?
It’s easy to second guess but the cops had no choice but to take him into custody — which wasn’t so easy to do — but maybe next time they can call you.
Hmmm. People struggle. Life is a struggle. Yes, back off. Unarmed idiot acting a fool. Steam will run out, can’t flail forever. Situations have responses that last hours, days. Crisis office less than a 1/2 mile down the road. After the Neuroth in custody death they are not to be so handsy. As it happened they closed the road. Had Willits PD do the block . He was killed in front of people who knew him their entire lives.
While they back off and let him “cool off” innocent people get assaulted.
I guess you missed that part, aka the entire reason for the call.
Maybe YOU should respond next time and do the work trained officers are not able to. Hopefully you survive the opportunity.
yep thats what should have happened if homicidal LEOs had NOT decided to murder the victim…
I’m in the middle of this anyway! Closer than I would like to be. He was not a Hitch hiker, he knew the guy he hit. He was well known.Cops even identified him almost immediately. Obviously it was a mental crisis! I certainly don’t need someone unknown telling me what the situation was. I never said cops didn’t need to take him into custody either, he needed help, not treated like an animal.
He was fighting the officers. If you watch the time stamp on the video. From his last struggle till the cops saw he wasn’t breathing was 30 seconds. They had uncuffed him and used narcan within one minute. I can’t see the cops at fault in this, as an adult he made the decisions which led to his death.
Being an officer is not easy. Leo response does not have to be agressive and fatal. Knowing, learning, growing skills to serve our public better is vital. Having contact with Leos no matter should not be a judge, jury, executioner and roadside death sentence. Let the judge decide.
I believe the appropriate word here is Amen.
False.
Should never base opinions on things you “heard”.
I’d like to see the data. I’ve never heard of Narcan toxicity
I feel for this man. He is obviously in crisis. Then he gets tased to death. Bless him.
HOW COME THEY HAVEN’T RELEASED THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF EMIL REDZIC BEING MURDERED?
I’m deeply troubled by how this situation was handled. From what’s been reported and shown in the footage, it’s clear the deputies failed to give proper, firm verbal commands or to notify the suspect he was under arrest. That only added confusion and chaos.
This man was obviously under the influence of a dangerous mix — likely meth or crack plus heroin or fentanyl. Anyone trained in law enforcement or emergency response should recognize the signs of agitated delirium, which is a medical emergency that calls for de-escalation and quick coordination with EMS, not hasty use of force.
Using OC spray (pepper spray) in this context was not only unnecessary but reckless. OC can severely limit airway function, cause panic, and increase oxygen demand — all of which are extremely dangerous in someone whose breathing is already compromised by opioids. If force was truly needed, a Taser would have been safer, as it doesn’t directly inflame the airways.
This man ultimately suffered respiratory arrest — almost predictably — after the deputies’ poor tactical approach, lack of authority in their voices, failure to slow the situation down, and questionable choice of force. This tragic death was preventable with better training, clearer commands, and basic understanding of how drugs like meth and heroin affect the body.
We need to demand higher standards of crisis response and accountability so this doesn’t keep happening. This was the result of poorly trained law enforcement officers. We expect more from you Mendocino County Sheriff.
Why don’t you go into law enforcement as a career and give them a hand and teach them the corrects tactics with your zero experience and training. You seem to have all the answers…
I hear your sarcasm, but the truth is you don’t need to wear a badge to recognize poor tactics or understand how fragile human life is. These officers failed this man the the public they serve. Standard law enforcement and medical guidelines warn against using OC spray on someone who’s clearly intoxicated and in distress. Expecting officers to use sound judgment and protect life isn’t me claiming to have all the answers — it’s holding them to the responsibilities they’ve taken on.
At the end of the day, my worth isn’t determined by whether you or anyone else thinks I’m qualified enough to speak up. My value comes from God, not man. And that means I’ll keep speaking for what’s just and compassionate, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Because real strength is shown through humility, wisdom, and caring for human life — especially when it’s at its most vulnerable.
You’re spot on with this one!
This is not a video game.
You do not get to pause to make a decision in real life.
They followed their training exactly as it was delivered, starting with the least lethal method of force and increasing based on results. So your “poorly trained” accusation is false.
People like you are the reason criminals attack law enforcement instead of respecting and complying with them.
The actions of this person, before and during the call, resulted directly in his death. This could have been an encounter where the officers assisted him in the help he needed. But for reasons yet unknown, likely a combination of mental illness and drugs, he is dead.
Try hard as you want, but he was a danger to society, and the officers did what they could. End of the day, the community is safer with a large psychotic wandering around assaulting innocent people.
That’s not sarcasm. I’m serious. This drug addict killed himself but is enabled by people like you.
Only thing clear here is that you watched an entirely different video.
Easy to comment critically toward officers from the safety of your basement.
I understand that emotions run high when it comes to law enforcement and public safety. But I’m not speaking from fantasy or disrespect — I’m speaking because a man died, and when a life is lost, we owe it to truth and justice to ask hard, honest questions. That’s not blame. That’s accountability.
This isn’t about criticizing from the sidelines — it’s about calling for wisdom, compassion, and sound decision-making in how we respond to people in crisis. Officers are entrusted with power, and that power demands discernment, especially in encounters involving visible drug-induced distress or mental instability.
In this case, Sergeant Logan can be heard telling Deputy Lopez to “hold off” — both on advancing and deploying OC spray. Lopez does holster the spray, but only after it had already been deployed.
Despite that, Deputy Lopez proceeds to advance and attempts to cuff the suspect, initiating a physical struggle. Once again, the sergeant advises him to back off — but the back-and-forth approach led to the suspect physically assaulting the deputy. It was a preventable escalation, born out of poor tactical judgment and failure to follow the guidance of the senior officer on scene. A short time later, the sergeant states “no weapon,” clearly trying to de-escalate the situation.
OC spray in someone likely under the influence of opioids — which already suppress breathing — introduced a dangerous respiratory risk. Combined with the physical exertion and panic of the encounter, it became a recipe for collapse. And tragically, that’s what happened.
Raising these concerns doesn’t make me anti-law enforcement — it makes me pro-accountability and pro-human life. I believe every person — even those struggling, even those feared — is created with worth. That’s why I speak. Not from pride, but from conviction. Not to tear down, but to urge us all to do better.
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There’s more medical evidence for Restraint Asphyxia causing death than there is for Excited Delerium causing death. Law enforcement agencies have known about Restraint Asphyxia for at least 30 years, and a well-trained cop knows to roll a suspect on to his or her side ASAP after cuffing them, rather than sit there with the suspect’s face pressed to the ground until they stop breathing.
I don’t know what they thought they were doing with the Narcan, Narcan is for *opioid* overdoses only, not for every single case of respiratory arrest. It’s not going to work on other classes of drugs, you might as well be squirting water up his nose. If somebody’s fighting the cops that hard, they’re on something other than opioids. If they were trying to cover their asses by administering Narcan that wasn’t indicated, they should have tried to cover their asses by rolling him on his side – it might have actually made a difference
Talk to Jacob who said “OC spray in someone likely under the influence of opioids — which already suppress breathing — introduced a dangerous respiratory risk.” Maybe have him pee in a cup before you use the OC spray as he runs toward you and takes a fighting stance. I am not aware of any policy or POST training video that prevents use of OC due to suspected drug use.
Seems like the Monday morning quarterbacks should get together and get their stories straight.
Maybe they should have let him run down the road another quarter mile. If he has a heart attack is it their fault because they didn’t restrain him? “Should have turned the dog loose on him”? I would think that is surely against policy.
One could only hope all officers act as calmly and professionally as those that responded to this call.
Why did MCSO cut the video short? I did not see lifesaving efforts immediately implemented as the narrator stated. One deputy called for the man’s handcuffs to be removed. Once they lost his heartbeat and another deputy overrode that decision and called for the handcuffs to stay on in case he was revived and still combative. I have concerns about that. The man was very large on his side with his hands, stretched behind his back and handcuffed, not breathing, purple, with no heartbeat, and I saw a couple thrust to his chest from a deputy over the man’s back from the side. Anyone who knows CPR, knows that is not CPR. Those thrust to the chest had absolutely zero impact and was not life-saving measures. The video was cut off and so if they took life saving efforts beyond that it was not shown to us. I would like to see the minute counter and the time lapse of when they started actual CPR , if they did start CPR. At the time the video went off, it appears that the deputies had it started any efforts to revive him. Those would have been crucial minutes with no time to waste.we need to see the whole video with the time counter, not hear a narrator stating something that is not factually in the video.
Well the sarge told the deputy to disengage multiple times and it seems like he fired his taser to protect him after he tried to manhandle a guy twice his size having a mental episode. Also its hard to consider it “assault”, especially if you have no idea what’s going on and you’re getting sprayed punched and tazed you’re naturally gonna fight back. Also he was clearly not threatening the cops when they put hands on him
Tazed while handcuffed if this is true is a significant issue. Once a soul is cuffed they are in custody, LEOs are responsible for their well being.
https://www.rightslitigation.com/2017/08/05/using-a-taser/
No matter how much physical effort they put into ensuring they are not going to be well?
He wasn’t tased while handcuffed — you obviously didn’t watch the video — no wonder your comments on this thread are detached from reality.
Can’t watch the video too tragic. Says if this is true, the investigation and litigation will unfold. Knew him since he was about 6 years old. I live deeply in reality. Watching people struggle daily. No kindness to be easily found when needed. Empathy helps. We all will struggle at some point in our lives. Do we kick a soul when down or help our fellow man? Violent tendencies truly solve nothing, truth be told.
MM said: “Violent tendencies truly solve nothing.”
Agree — but the deceased was acting out violently from the moment he was contacted by the cops.
Instead of trying to blame the cops maybe his family and friends should be looking at the people who supplied him with drugs — oh, but nobody wants to be a snitch so the people who see it going on say nothing until tragedy strikes then try blaming everyone except those who are most responsible — instead of blaming the cops start turning in the dealers.
The cops are using too, don’t fool yourself. There is a pretty good Brady, RICO, corruption list in Mendocino as far as Leos and actions go. Hmmm… local trashhole types yeah there are plenty to go around. Agreed, what did violence solve…nothing on either side. There is also a phenomenon that occurs in transferred energy escalation from aggression. When restrained persons have the spidey sense “I’m going to die” They flail. THE HYENA effect is a classic autonomic response, often not yielding the best results.
If I were LE, I don’t know what I would have done differently. It is always sad to witness someone losing their life on video. I wasn’t there, so I hold my judgement, though I wish the man had lived. If he had lived, this video would not have been seen by us.
How many potential videos would we have seen if LE released all of the interactions between them and other people who were taken in successfully?
I do hope his loved ones find peace.
It’s not okay to taze a soul as a citizen it is considered assault. Yet, it is okay to be assaulted by a Leo. The double standard okay for some to use, not for all to use. Tazers really are a barbaric tool that are often used with FATAL results. The data shows this. Time to find better tools.
https://www.losangelescriminallawyer.pro/assault-with-a-stun-gun-california-penal-code-section-244-5-b.html
Why would they do that to him
because local LEOs are bullies and criminal thugs , use of force training is mostly how to torture victims with tasers and pepper spray when medical assistance was needed instead.. way too many tragedies like this one over the last 4 decades
those officers had every chance to deescalate the incident that they started with that poor soul.. instead they chose to murder him… and now they escape justice..
#FTP
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