death of 26 year-old mario gonzalez. we are heartsick. >> the city of alameda. it has taken steps immediately to investigate this situation with to criminal investigations and an independent outside investigation they are all ongoing. and for that reason despite alameda high school senior and moderator raquel williams asking several direct questions about the gonzalez case. >> and how officers responded that deadly day does their go against the police code of conduct the city leaders declined to answer citing the ongoing investigations. i can't respond. >> what how their behavior is being at this point what captain mcmullen would say in general is that his department, like many other law enforcement agencies in the bay area and across the country. >> needs to evolve and improve the way it interacts with the community, especially bring mental health-related calls for service. i think that that we acknowledge and >> that we need to change. i want to say that the army, the police department stands ready. >> and willing to suggestions and. >> new ideas. some of thos

now we have a case out here with mario gonzalez, who is a drunk guy in the park. people called 911 on him. the cops showed up and they killed him. we're still in the middle of this. the episode is focused on alternate ways to police and create safety for our communities. >> thank you so much. congratulations. the premier of season 6 of "the united shades of america." >>> coming up, it's being called one of the worst disasters in israel's history, a massive crush at a religious festival. how paramedics described the scene, next. - grammarly business helps my company build higher performing sales teams. since simon's team started using grammarly business to sharpen their writing, we've closed more deals. learn more at grammarly.com/business. we started with computers. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't stop at storage or cloud. we kept going. working with our customers to enable the kind of technology that can guide an astronaut back to safety. and help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. so when it comes to your business, you know we'll sto

alameda, as police chief said the cause of mario gonzalez is death hasn't yet been determined. the three officers involved are on paid administrative leave while this case is being investigated. the chp is looking for the person responsible for the latest highway shooting here in the bay area. the victim was shot in the neck last night while driving railroad avenue off ramp on highway four in pittsburgh and then crashed into the back of a trailer that was stopped at a red light. he was alert when taken to the hospital that all frank was closed for several hours as investigators did their work, a berkeley woman is facing hate crime charges after she called police on an african american delivery driver, a neighbor captured video of the incident and in the video, the one one can be heard yelling racial slurs at the driver, the woman called police, saying that she and her boyfriend had followed the driver after they saw him speeding. then they confronted the driver and tried to prevent him from leaving. now the driver says he was just trying to avoid the situation from escalating.

mario gonzalez was drunk in a park apparently. the cops came and he ended up dead 15 minutes later. it's only meaning something if we do something with the information. our country tends to forget things. we think that happened that we should be changed by. >> and your season premier tomorrow night you dive into the idea of defunding the police. what do activists mean or want when they talk about defunding the police? >> we do dive into that. i know a lot of people are afraid of that. it's funny all it is is accounting term as we talk about in the episode i used to be nervous about it too. it means for example in oakland we spend about 50% of the municipal fumbled but only 50% of calls for police rg violent crimes. if they handle the violent crimes make that's okay. we look at the other money and put it into schools, public safety, into the fact that a if a guy is drunk in the park you call a social worker or a driver to give them a ride home. you don't summon someone a gun. >> you talk to a lot of police reform activists saying law enforcement is inherently racist, baked in from th

we have kron forcefully to call now with more on the story. >> mario gonzalez's family says his death was murder and that the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death last week should face criminal charges. but their civil rights attorney michael had dad says it's important all facts are known before he can definitively say mario was killed intentionally. i'm a lawyer so i can just toss that word murder around easily. i know it's a term of art, right. and so there is some investigation going on. dad says, though, that he is convinced the officers share responsibility for mario's passing, whether voluntary manslaughter involuntary manslaughter. something higher. >> i it's not really for me to say. but i do think there should be some criminal consequences. in addition to the civil consequences as dad explores a civil suit against the officers. he pushes back at the attorney representing them who claims the officers worked hard to calmly end their encounter with mario peacefully. >> a dad says the body camera video released shows a different story when the officers respon

this time in california, body cam footage shows police officers restraining mario gonzalez, a warning here this video is disturbing. police say it started when they responded to separate reports about a man who appeared to be under the influence and a suspect in a possible theft. what the video eventually showed is gonzalez, appeared incoherent. police trying to lead him away. but then you see pinning gonzalez to the ground for five minutes. he loses consciousness. he was later pronounced dead at the hospital. and as i mentioned, this is all now under investigation. joining me right now, the host of "united shades of america." i was listening to you talk about this incident, what happened to mario. it's an example of why the policing system needs to be examined and changed. what happened here? >> first of all, two people called 911 on a man drunk in the park. you have to ask what were you calling about? he wasn't bothering anybody. fine. the problem is generally get police showing up with guns, that is the main -- who show up to address a criminal, and he was not a criminal, maybe he

his name was mario lopez. it turns out gonzalez. yeah. in this recording, you're going to hear 2 different calls from 2 and reporting that gonzales, as daryn mentioned, was incoherent basically just in need of help. and this was all prior to police arriving. >> my front yard talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them and in the and short not making any he do anything wrong. scared my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing into air. the mom it does appear to be an effort count. might be the kind of has been more kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> and then when the police got there, they ended up detaining him. and that's what gonzales is. family says they should not have done. they say they did not have a reason. >> to detain him. in fact, they say the officers should be prosecuted at this point. at least that's their statement through their attorney that the officer should face criminal charges. >> whether voluntary manslaughter involuntary mansla

they say, mario gonzalez is civil rights were violated. gonzalez died earlier this month after please pinned him to the ground for several minutes. three officers had been placed on administered leave, as the department investigates. at worksman cycles, we've been building bikes for a hundred years. but our customers' needs have changed, so we expanded our product line to include electric cycles. we used the unlimited 1.5 percent cash back from our chase ink business unlimited ® credit card to help purchase tools and materials to build new models. and each time we use our card, we earn cash back to help grow our business. it's more than cycling, ® . it's finding innovative ways to move forwa. keo's >>> all right, we're back. happy friday. temperatures right now from a foggy 41 in santa rosa to mostly cloudy 53 in fairfield, concord, oakland and also union city. here's a look at your commute. you can see some low clouds out there. there's been a little bit of missed along the coast. it's going to get really breezy everywhere as we head in

. >> mario gonzalez's family says his death was murder and that the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death last week should face criminal charges. but their civil rights attorney michael had dad says it's important all facts are noon before he can definitively say mario was killed intentionally. i'm a lawyer so i can just toss that word murder around easily. i know it's a term of art, right. and so there is some investigation going on. dad says, though, that he is convinced the officers share responsibility for mario's passing, whether voluntary manslaughter involuntary manslaughter. something higher. >> i it's not really for me to say. but i do think there should be some criminal consequences. in addition to the civil consequences as dad explores a civil suit against the officers. he pushes back at the attorney representing them who claims the officers worked hard to calmly end their encounter with mario peacefully. a dad says the body camera video released shows a different story when the officers responded to 911. calls april 19th reporting a possibly intoxicated

the attorney for the family of mario gonzalez told abc news, they plan to file a civil like lawsuit. gonzalez complied with the officers, they say, and his rights were violated. the incident began with 911 calls about a disorderly person in the area. when police encountered gonzalez, he appeared to be incoherent, but not aggressive. when the officers tried to arrest him, he resisted. and they pinned gonzalez to the ground for several minutes, with one officer placing his knee on gonzalez's back gonzalez lost consciousness, and he later died at the hospital his family's attorney is speaking on gma today. >> alameda police apartment needs to explain why a perfectly healthy man, who was never charged with a crime, was killed in their custody. >> that was the mario gonzalez speaking. the three police officers are on administered leave as they investigate the lawyer for the officers says they are heartbroken that gonzales died, but he was very intoxicated at the time. alameda city council has scheduled a meeting for may 8th to look into how police respond to mental health calls, julian. >

. >> the family of mario gonzalez tells abc news they plan to vioted. i say alcomplied fid r thnt began with 9-1-1 calls about a disorderly incident in the area. when police encountered gonzalez he appeared to be incoherent but not aggressive. when they tried to arrest him he resisted and then they pinned him to the ground with one officer placing his knee on gonzalez's back. >> he was harmless. he had not threatened anybody. he just wasn't a danger, and they had no right to even try to be handcuffing him anyway. >> three police officers are on administrative leave as the department investigates. the lawyers for the officers say that are heart broken gonzalez died but he was very intoxicated at the time. the alameda city council has scheduled a meeting for may 8 to look at how police respond to mental health calls. julian? >> much more to come, thank you, jobina. >>> police are working to track down a second suspect at a series of smash-and-grab robberies in the bay area. more than 30 robberies are being investigated in san jose, hayward, newark and oak

calls now made before mario gonzalez died while in alameda police custody in the recording. you can hear 2 different men. they are calling to report what's going on with gonzales. in my front garden talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them and dog in towards these are not making any he's doing anything wrong. scare in my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing into air. the it does appear to be an effort count. might be kind of has been what kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> so, you know, you're the callers saying that he wasn't alarmed. he wasn't. he just threatening wanted the police to check it out. yeah. and now we're also hearing from gonzalez family. they say the officer. >> officers that got involved had no right to detain mario. and according to their attorney, the officer should face criminal charges from forcefully to call has the story. >> mario gonzalez's family says his death was murder and that the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death last week sho

mario gonzalez died in police custody and the recording. you can hear 2 different men calling to report gonzales. >> in my front yard talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them and dog enjoys being not making any doing anything wrong. scared my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing into air. the mom it does appear to be an effort count. might be the kind of has been kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> we're also hearing from gonzales. his family. they say the officers had no right to detain mario. and according to their attorney, the officer should face criminal charges. kron forcefully call has that story for us. >> mario gonzalez's family says his death was murder and that the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death last week should face criminal charges. but their civil rights attorney michael had dad says it's important all facts are noon before he can definitively say mario was killed intentionally. i'm a lawyer so i can just t

. >>> new details tonight about the alameda police officers placed on leave after mario gonzalez died during an arrest earlier this month. images from the department's facebook page snow officers cameron leahy and eric mckinley both hired in 2018 and are currently on paid administrative leave. another officer, james fisher, as well as a civilian parking enforcement employee are also on leave. we do not have photos of those two. gonzalez's death is still under investigation. alameda city council has lo at how police respond to mental health calls. >>> another item about law enforcement tonight, new develocaught on camera hitting his k-9 partner will no longer be a dog handler. this december encounter troubled a lot of people who saw it. we showed this to you on the news. the officer striking the police dog during a training session. vacaville's interim police chief says the officer is still with the force but has been reassigned away from the k-9 unit. the police dog has been returned to its vendor and is no longer on the force. >>> california's small businesses will get more than $6 b

gonzalez out here in al mee tow, california. >> you talked to multiple police reform activists who say law enforcement is an inherently race system. i want to watch a clip. >> is this moment different as far as like where we are in america and specifically around law enforcement? >> for me, it's just this moment of being a black man in a police uniform. >> mm-hmm. >> right? and there are some problems, some systemic problems that's been in policing for a very long time that you know need to be rooted out. so you sit in this place where you're like, do i fit in, right? sometimes you even ask the question, do i fit in? i'm a black man before i put on a uniform, and i'm one when i take it off. >> and one while you've got it on. >> right. >> okay. so then how do they reconcile the foundations of policing and how racism has been embedded in the system from the start? >> well, you know, admitting that it's racist is just part of it. the way that you fix this is by going, well, how can we re-imagine this system of policing in this country so that it is not built and standing on racism? you kn

gonzález algunos políticos están convencidos de que su muerte se pudo haber evitado si la ciudad no hubiera demorado ciertas acciones >>> hay un hombre hablando asimismo esta es la primera llamada al 911 (inaudible) la operadora pregunta está hablándose asimismo qué es lo que está haciendo ? el denunciante responde pasando el tiempo está como fuera de síno está haciendo nada malo >>> en una segunda llamada otro denunciante dice que está merodeando y que cree que robó algo de una tienda cercana a este encuentro desencadeno que policías de alameda forzaron la detención de (nombre en inglés) en el piso después de varios minutos bocabajo en lo que un oficial puso su rodilla en la espalda él dejo de responder y luego murió >>> nuestra más grande frustración es que esto se pudo evitar un consejo hubiera escuchado >>> otroresidente en junio de 2020 había hecho que la gente se organizara clamando una respuesta diferente a la fuerza policial para casos de salud mental >>> en esa ocasión reportaron a un hombre bailando o haciendo ejercicio la vía pública lo que terminó c

. >>> new details tonight about the alameda police officers placed on leave after mario gonzalez died during an arrest earlier this month. images from the department's facebook page snow officers cameron leahy and eric mckinley both hired in 2018 and are currently on paid administrative leave. another officer, james fisher, as well as a civilian parking enforcement employee are also on leave. we do not have photos of those two. gonzalez's death is still under investigation. alameda city council has scheduled a meeting for may 8th to look at how police respond to mental health calls. >>> another item about law enforcement tonight, new developments, a vacaville police officer caught on camera hitting his k-9 partner will no longer be a dog handler. this december encounter troubled a lot of people who saw it. we showed this to you on the news. the officer striking the police dog during a training session. vacaville's interim police chief says the officer is still with the force but has been reassigned away from the k-9 unit. the police dog has been returned to its vendor and is no longer

calls made moments before mario gonzalez died in the recordings. you can hear 2 different men calling to report gonzalez. the first man lives near the little alameda park. there were guns also standing in the second recording. you can hear the dispatch dispatcher ask another man if gonzalez had any weapons tonight. we're also hearing from gonzalez's family. they say the officers had no right to detain mario. and according to their attorney, the officers should face criminal charges. >> whether voluntary manslaughter involuntary manslaughter. something higher. i it's not really for me to say. but i do think there should be some criminal consequences. in addition to the civil consequences. >> well, the officers remain on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigations into mario's death. his family says that they are preparing funeral arrangements. >> oakland. police are asking for help solving a college student's year-old homicide. henry took sato was killed. april 28 last year. police say he was shot near mills college by somebo

right now on the ktv you fox two news at mario gonzalez died in police custody. now all eyes are on the body camera footage. officers are seen on video placing a knee on his lower back then on his shoulder, family members and activists are calling gonzalez is death murder right now on the ktv you fox two news app. in america. the future belongs to everyone. so we built the trucks of the future for everyone. ford ranger f 1 50 super duty with available drive modes they're built to get through any environment because the trucks of the future are built for america. ford trucks. drive one today. right now. get 3000 total cash after 2021 ford ranger, larry it plus 1000 extra with eligible trade in and 500 for accessories. so you have a car, but you don't drive much. you are the work from homer's living our best retirement life and hardly drive anymore. you should have metro mile it's paper, mile car insurance for people like you so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bo

. >> the family of mario gonzalez is speaking out against comments that were made by the attorney representing the alameda police officers who were involved in the 26 year-old man's death last week while he was in police custody. the family says the officers had no right to detain mario and they add that the body camera video released by the city shows gonzales was not a threat. kron 4 suite all spoke with the family's attorney who believes that the officers should face criminal charges. >> mario gonzalez's family says his death was murder and that the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death last week should face criminal charges. but their civil rights attorney michael had dad says it's important all facts are noon before he can definitively say mario was killed intentionally. i'm a lawyer so i can just toss that word murder around easily. i know it's a term of art, right. and so there is some investigation going on. dad says, though, that he is convinced the officers share responsibility for mario's passing, whether voluntary manslaughter involuntary manslaughter. something

a man named mario gonzalez, a 26-year-old latinx man was killed by the police. apparently he was drunk in the park. they initially said there was a fight, and now we've seen footage that he struggled because he was a drunk guy getting harassed by cops and now he's dead. a lot of times with policing you want to talk about the good apples versus the bad apples when in fact it is the system of policing that has systemic racism through it. it doesn't matter if you are an individual racist in the system. it doesn't matter if individual americans claim to be racist or are not racist, the system that we live in is racist. until we examine the entire system of policing and have the appetite that has to do looking out for all of our best system that is about safety for all of us and looking out for all of our best interests, we're just nibbling around the edges of reform. >> you look at policing the police. can you talk about what we'll see? >> well, yeah. a lot of this episode is based on the fact that last summer a lot of people in the country first heard of defund the

mario gonzalez died in police custody in the recording. you can hear 2 different man calling to report gonzales. the first man lives near the alameda park were gonzales was standing and in the second recording, you can hear dispatch ask another man if gonzalez has any weapons. >> my front garden talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them he's talking to these are not making any he do anything wrong. scared my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing in the mom it does appear to be an effort count. might be the kind of has been more kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> well, as you know, the situation became deadly after police arrived. you can hear the 911, calls and full on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> speaking in response to the attorney representing the 3 alameda police officers. a gonzalez family says the body camera video released by the city of alameda shows that mario was not threat kron 4 sleep to go talk to the family's attorney. he believe

the calls that police kim people over is people going through health crises or mario gonzalez was drunk in a park. you don't need somebody with a gun. you need a social worker or somebody to give him a ride home. >> this is not breaking news. in 1968 is investigated the cause of intercity violence. that was more than 50 years ago. have any of the lessons of that report, do you think that has been put into action? >> no, it hasn't been put into action. lbj rejected all of the findings and by the nixon administration a few years later, the war on drugs started which specifically targeted black and latin folks. we know it didn't make any lessons. that is why i think they don't want to hear about reform because reform got us the war on drugs. reform got a rise in the massive incarceration in this country and reform got cops in tanks and militarized gears that we saw on the streets of ferguson. it is about a whole new system and that starts with funding the police. >> i want to get your take on what we heard from senator tim scott last night about this country not being racist. >> no, don't

reportero: asÍ comenzÓ el incidente en el que mario gonzÁlez perdiÓ la vida. una llamada al 911 reportando a un hombre que estaba hablando solo y estaba atemorizando a la esposa de la persona que llamÓ. "no estÁ haciendo nada", dijo el hombre que llamÓ. >> llegÓ la policÍa a molestarlo. reportero: cuando llegaron los policÍas, mario se encontraba actuando en forma inusual. hablando consigo mismo y respondiendo lentamente, pero calmado y desarmado. >> muy triste para mÍ, porque nunca vi a mi hijo agrediendo a nadie. nunca vi a mario robando, nunca vi a mario haciendo nada. reportero: le comentamos al policÍa que si no hubiese sido mÁs fÁcil detener a mario de otra manera, como esposarlo al carro o detenerlo en el asiento de atrÁs del vehÍculo, ya que no parecÍa poseer alguna amenaza. [habla en inglÉs] reportero: a eso el jefe de la policÍa dijo que ellos nunca esposan a personas a objetos, que sÓlo esposan las manos juntas, que parece que eso era lo que estaban tratado de hacer los policÍas en el video. >> su cara morada. estaba muerto en el pa

mario gonzalez died in police custody in the recordings. you can hear 2 different men calling to report gonzales. the first man lives near the alameda park were can solace was standing and in the second recording you hear the dispatch. ask another man of can solace has any weapons. take a listen. in my front garden talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them and dog these are not making any he do anything wrong. scare in my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing into air. the it does appear to be an effort count. might be kind of has been what kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> well, as you know, the situation escalated after those calls were made and police arrived. you can hear the 911. calls in full on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> to san jose. now we're 2 pedestrians have died in separate hit and run accidents this month as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, both incidents happened near the same intersection. >> people can be seen hurrying acros

gonzález se pronunció entre las recientes declaraciones involucrados en este caso lo catalogaron como una vergüenza por esa supuesta resistencia al arresto por parte de gonzález dicen que en la vida se ve claramente como no se resistió no fue violenta y no era una amenaza para se espera que sean despedidos y que no descansarán hasta que se haga justicia >>> este comité analizaría asuntos de seguridad y había recomendaciones para reformar el departamento de policía sin embargo varios de sus miembros renunciaron porque dicen que esto nunca se podrá cumplir si no toma en cuenta la misma gente afectada santa bermúdez nos explica >>> aquí formaban parte del comité y han decidido abandonar porque no están en una verdadera reforma >>> y en el condado santa clara dicen que lo que están viendo ahorita es una sección que está siendo controlada completamente por la ciudad esto por la encargada de la ciudad esto puede ser una reunión espectáculo que puede afectar aquel se han visto afectados por violencia o brutalidad policiaca y los últimos cinco años 18 personas han muerto a

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. >> now at 6, a family of mario gonzalez is speaking out against comments made by the attorney representing the alameda police officers who are involved in the 26 year-old man's in custody death last week. the family says the officers had no right to detain mario good evening. thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. >> the gonzales family says the body camera video released by the city of alameda this week shows mario was not

calls that were made right before mario gonzalez was killed in the recording. you can hear 2 different men calling to report gonzales. the first man lives near the alameda park where gonzales was standing and then the second recording. you can hear the dispatch officer ask another man if gonzalez had any weapons. >> in my front garden talking to himself. no mask. and i went out there and the dog to bark at them and dog enjoys being not making any doing anything wrong. scare in my any weapons on him. now he has become a local you've been pushing in there. the mom it does appear to be an effort to to count. might be the kind of has been more kind of loitering around there for probably half an hour down. >> and as you know, the situation escalated after those calls were made and police arrived. you can hear the 911. calls in full on our website. kron 4 dot com happening tonight is round one of the nfl draft, the whole league is wondering which quarterback the forty-niners will select with the 3rd overall pick. they traded all the way up there. but today a reality

. >>> new details about the alameda police officers placed on leave after mario gonzalez died during an arrest early this month. images show officersshow offices leahy and eric mckinley both hired in 2018 and are currently on paid administrative leave. another officer, james fisher, as well as a civilian parking enforcement employee on leave to gonzalez's death is under investigation. alameda city council has scheduled a meeting for y is t respond to mental health cause. >>> it is another deadline day in the effort to recall governor newsome. each of california's 58 counties have until today vong on file. after today the june 8th. that is for anyone who has signed the petition to ask local elections officials to remove that done. >>> state of education. what californians really think of how school was handled during the pandemic. >> some bay area mayors think they have the answer to helping the homeless. >>> nfl draft. it is draft day. meet one bay area chevy is america's fastest-growing full-line brand. and people are taking it everywhere. taking trailblazer outdoors. confidently ta

councilmember about the in heaven custody death of mario gonzalez. we look to president biden's address and we were >>> tonight, america showing new signs of turning the corner in the pandemic. covid deaths and cas falling across much of the country. the u.s. now averaging more than 52,000 new cases a day and nearly 20% drop in the last week. new york city, once the epicenter ofpandemic, now planning to fully reopen july 1st. america's plunging vaccination - rate. down from its all-time high just one month ago. >>> president biden marking his heels of hisirst address to a e praling t n president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn. president biden selling his massive agenda to the american people. more than $4 trillion in spending for infrastructure, education and jobs. republicans already pushing back. >>> news tonight about three police officers under investigation in the death of mario gonzalez. body camera video shows the struggle with police. officers appear to restrain him using their knees and elbows on or near his neck. >>> new details coming

and while mario gonzalez's family prepares funeral arrangements. they are pushing back at the attorney representing the alameda police officers involved in is in custody. death on the families. we have civil rights attorney michael, her is exploring a civil lawsuit against the officers for what he calls violations of law enforcement standards and protocols disputing the officers attorneys assertion that the officers worked hard to talk guns. all is down. >> and resolve the situation peacefully. there is no need to talk him down or anything. >> even the officer's lawyer says they were only there to help him. he wasn't committing a crime. you know, there's a guy who's, you know, seems a little tipsy in a park and that's not against the law. so they didn't even have the legal right to handcuff. a dad says the officers attorneys claim that the officers were concerned for mario. >> then like a light switch. he stopped breathing but does not appear accurate based on the body camera footage. anyone can see if they put their weight on him for at least 5 mi

today, we talked a councilmember about the in heaven custody death of mario gonzalez. we look to president biden's address and we were >>> tonight, america showing new signs of turning the corner in the pandemic. covid deaths and cas falling across much of the country. the u.s. now averaging more than 52,000 new cases a day and nearly 20% drop in the last week. new york city, once the epicenter ofpandemic, now planning to fully reopen july 1st. america's plunging vaccination - rate. down from its all-time high just one month ago. >>> president biden marking his heels of hisirst address to a e praling t n president jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn. president biden selling his massive agenda to the american people. more than $4 trillion in spending for infrastructure, uc

gonzalez died april 19th after a struggle where he spent more than five minutes on his stomach. >> the incident started when officers got two separate 911 calls, one reporting a man under the influence in a residential area, and another about a suspect and possible theft and when they arrived they asked gonzalez to give his id, and we do have parts of the body cam to play for you, but it's disturbing. >> i have to identify you, and you come up with a plan and let me know you are not going to be drinking in our parks over here. and then we can be on our marry way, okay. >> merry-go-round? >> yeah, like that. >> do you have any i.d. on you? if you can't do that, i have to take you, okay? >> so the officers talk to him for at least ten minutes and then moved into detain him and that's when the struggle started. >> please put your hand behind your back. okay. please top resisting us, okay? don't fight us. >> stop, stop, stop. >> no. >> put your hands behind your back. >> so he remained pinned for more than five minutes as officers asked him to stop resisting, and it's not clear what pressu

an attorney for the three alameda police officers who restrained mario gonzalez is now speaking publicly about the case. gonzales died after being taken into custody last week. alameda police released an hour of body cam video from three different points of view. now the attorney says that shows officers used the lowest possible degree of force against gonzales and the chief of police there in alameda is now reacting to accusations that his officers murdered mario gonzales. i think that ah, pretty strong charge that there's not enough evidence to support that charge. right now. that's what the investigation is for. we don't even know the cause of death right now. chief says all three officers are on paid leave while the investigation continues. more than half of united's the united states have seen a decline in new covid infections. as we look back over the past two weeks, as david lee miller reports, though, public health officials say that vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge. there's still more work to do to beat this fires last night, president biden urged americans to not let their

the officers were trying to keep mario gonzalez safe when they trieded to arrest him earlier this week. on april 19th, the three officers responded to two 911 calls, one officer reporting gonzalez was standing too close to his home. the other caller reported gonzalez was lightering and accused him of stealing alcohol from a nearby store. from this video, you can see there was a struggle to get gonzalez in handcuffs. one officer ended up with his knee on gonzalez's back. gonz aalez lost consciousness, dying later at the hospital. emgency. gonzalez's family compares this to george floyd's death and wants those officers fired or charged. here is the attorney for the officers. >> it is far more complex and far different from the george floyd situation. these officers were highly attentive to the issue of positional asphyxiation. >> the points are very common but what the police did was escalate the situation by using force. >> we've learned one of the officers is a veteran, who started in 2010. the other two started in 2018. all three officers are on paid administrative leave. >>> new deta

in the meantime, there is a growing memorial out here where mario gonzalez died. they're in alameda. theresa kron 4 news. >> now and listening to this. a south bay criminal defense attorney says the alameda police description of what happened during gonzales, his arrest that he considers the fact that they may have, you know, really had a medical emergency that coincided. but he also says the emergency dinges coincide. it was caused. he thinks by the officer. yes. take a listen what he had to say. >> officers the most powerful tool that they have in their possession or at their will is their ability to talk someone down verbally de-escalate, a situation and these officers very quickly escalated to the physical use of force which is absolutely necessary. absolutely would have been alive. still today and that's a pretty good indication that with the police to use excessive and unreasonable and unnecessary force when but for their actions, someone would still be living. >> yeah. he went on to say that eric mckinley, the first officer to arrive at the park initially s

there are now 5 separate investigations looking into the police custody death of mario gonzalez in the east bay. we'll have the latest on that coming up. and president biden says the nation is on the move again, turning a crisis into opportunity. we have a recap of his first address to congress in a live report from washington. i embrace getting older. i'm so much more confident now. but i don't love that as i age, i could develop gum issues. new colgate renewal reverses early gum damage, for a beautiful, revitalized smile. i can't wait to see what comes next! reverse early gum damage with new colgate renewal. ♪ reynolds wrap makes this whole cooking and cleanup thing so easy. it speeds up this... so i can get to them. easy prep, cook and clean with reynolds wrap. >> from >> the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 4 morning news at known. >> thanks for joining us. on a thursday and daria and i'm james. we want to start the 09:00am hour with a check of the weather as we're still seeing a little bit of fog and low cloud cover out. yeah, how's it going to warm up later,

in the meantime, there is a growing memorial out here where mario gonzalez died. they're in alameda. theresa kron 4 news. >> a south, a criminal defense attorney says that the alameda police departments description of gonzalez is in custody death as a medical emergency may be true. however he adds that the emergency was caused by the officers involved who. >> he says used excessive unreasonable and unnecessary force. >> these officers the most powerful tool that they have in their possession or at their will is their ability to talk someone down verbally de-escalate, a situation and these officers very quickly escalated to the physical use of force which is absolutely necessary. absolutely would have been alive. still today and that's a pretty good indication that with the police to use excessive and unreasonable and unnecessary force when but for their actions, someone would still be living. >> that defense attorneys attorney went on to say that eric mckinley, who was the first officer to arrive there on scene. initially showed restraint. but then eventually appe

gonzalez. it was a civilian city employee. gonzalez later died and there are several on going investigations into his death. >>> mass vaccination sites are back. san mateo got a large batch of doses from the federal government. the county is reopening two of the its large sites. >>> mayors joining today to ask state leaders for a record level of funding to end homelessness. >>> well, we are looking at temperatures in the 40s and 50s as we start our day, even low 60s in livermore with that sunshine. as we head through the day inland you are going to warm up significantly. actually all of us above average for this time of year, 3 to 11 degrees above average. inland into the 80s. 84 concord and livermore, mid to upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. upper 50s to low 60s along the coast. you see that sunshine through the afternoon, slightly cooler friday and saturday, warming up sunday into early next week. >>> as we look at the road wears, very busy out of marin. we've had this trouble spot that wa

the attorney for three alameda police officers involved in the death of 26-year-old mario gonzalez is asking people to not rush to judgment this is video from the officers' body cam. it is disturbing to watch. the attorney for the three officers says her clients were trying to keep gonzalez safe when they tried to arrest him last week and that they are both heartbroken and devastated by his death. you could see in the video there was a struggle to get gonzalez in handcuffs. one officer ended up with a knee on his back. gonzalez eventually lost consciousness and died later at the hospital. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. the president marks 100 days in office today. he will celebrate by holding a rally in atlanta, and then he and the first lady will travel to georgia to meet with former president jimmy carter. carter was not able to make it to the inauguration because of health reasons. >>> a look at our weather forecast, meteorologist kari hall, nice today. we know we're in a drought. >>> yeah, we are in a drought. we've been monitoring it. warm temperatures for our inla

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. >>> right now at 6:30, new perspective in the death of mario gonzalez. the case drawing national attention. the attorney for the officers now on leaving is speaking out about the deadly encounter, why she believes that video does not tell the entire story. >> and the hesitancy among vaccine holdsouts when it comes to getting their shots. what it could mean for controlling future outbreaks. thanks for being with us on this thursday morning. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. the officer for the three officers involved in the death of a 26-year-old man is asking people to not rush to judgment. >> bob redell is live outside police headquarters in alameda. what is he saying this morning, bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and mark. the attorney says her clients were trying to keep mario gonzalez safe and they are devastated and heartbroken by his death. the body camera is difficult to watch. one of the officers is a veteran, started working in 2010. the other officers in 2018. two mondays ago around 10:45 in the morn

the family of mario gonzalez says he was murdered and many in the community question the use of force. we spoke with former sjpd police sergeant who used to spend time in internal affairs investigating officers. he says he feels police had every right to handcuff gonzalez. >> if he doesn't want to be handcuffed, you can't just say we are not going to handcuff you, because they had reason to. handcuffs are not the end of the world. it means we will protect you from hurting yourself or anybody else. >> an officer can be seen placing his knee on the man's shoulder for several minutes. this is where the retired superior court judge feels police unnecessarily escalated the situation. >> what they did was escalate the situation by using force. so they closed in on him and then laid hands on him, got one cuff on his right hand and he resisted pulling away with his left hand. >> as for the city employee involved, it turned out to be a parking enforcement officer. >> i welcome anybody that wants to help take someone safely into custody. that's great. even a civilian passing by. however because

in the meantime, there is a growing memorial out here where mario gonzalez died alameda. theresa kron 4 news. >> other side of this story. a south bay criminal defense attorney says the alameda police department description technically of gonzales is in custody. death is a medical emergency. >> may be true, but that's funny. that the emergency was caused by the officers involved who he says used excessive unreasonable and unnecessary force. >> these officers had the most powerful tool that they have in their possession or at their will is their ability to talk someone down to verbally de-escalate a situation and these officers very quickly escalated to the physical use of force which is absolutely necessary. absolutely would have been alive. still today and that's a pretty good indication that police used excessive unreasonable and unnecessary force when but for their actions, someone would still be living. >> and yes, that criminal defense attorney. he says that eric mckinley, the first officer to get to the park initially showed restraint. but eventually appears to lose

family of mario gonzalez says he was murdered and many in the community question the use of force. we spoke with former sjpd police sergeant who used to spend time in internal affairs investigating officers. he says he feels police had every right to handcuff gonzalez. >> if he doesn't want to be handcuffed, you can't just say well all right, we're not going to handcuff you. they had reason to. handcuffs are not the end of the world. it means we will protect you from hurting yourself or anybody else. agonzalez to the ground an officer can be seen placing his knee on the man's shoulder for several minutes. this is where the retired superior court judge feels police unnecessarily escalated the situation. >> what they did was escalate the situation by using force. so they closed in on him and then laid hands on him, got one cuff on his right hand and he resisted pulling away with his left hand. >> as for the city employee involved, it turned out to be a parking enforcement officer. >> i encourage anybody that wants to help take feinto custody. that's great. even a civilian. however be

police body cam video shows mario gonzalez restrained by an officer on his stomach as he struggled to breathe for more than six minutes. gonzalez eventually lost consciousness and died. alameda's interim police chief says watching a man lose his life is troubling. >> while the videos give us a lot of information, it is not the entire story. it is only part of the story, so the investigation is still critical. >> officers spoke with gonzalez for 12 minutes before forcing him to the ground. they were restraining him regarding a possible theft. he was unarspto a retired lapd homicide detective that said this did not have to happen. >> everything doesn't have to be a wrestling match. take your time. time is on your side. get a supervisor there along with your proper resources and you would not see what you saw. >> alameda police identified the three officers involved. they are all now on paid administrative leave. the abc i-team has requested to see if any of the officers had previous complaints of misconduct. building a better bay area is not an zetassing, especially when it comes to iss

the attorney for the three alameda police officers says her clients were trying to keep mario gonzalez safe when at the tried to arrest him early last week and that they are all heartbroken and devastated by his death, the body cam video you are about to see is disturbing to watch. just a heads-up. we've learned one of the officers is a veteran. started working here at the police department in 2010. the other two officers hit the street in 2018. two mondays ago the officers responded to two 911 calls. one neighbor reporting gonzalez was standing too close to his home. another caller reported gonzalez was loitering and accused him of stealing alcohol from a nearby store. there was a struggle to get gonzalez in handcuffs. one officer ended up with a knee on his back. gonzalez, who was 26 years old, lost consciousness and died at the hospital. police say he had a medical emergency. the family compares this to the george floyd case and wants the officers fired and charged in gonzalez's death. here is the attorney for those officers. >> it is far moore complex and far different from the geo

alison berry wilkinson and kordell will agree on is this police body cam video of mario gonzalez being detained in alameda is hard to watch. one of the officers is a veteran starting work in 2010. the other two officers hit the streets in 2018. their attorney is speaking out. >> their goal was to keep him safe and to take appropriate action for that. what the ultimate result was never anyone's goal, and they are both heartbroken and devastated by the outcome. >> reporter: an outcome that happened when two 911 calls were made to police last monday. one neighbor reporting gonzalez was standing too close to his home. another man dialed in saying he was loitering and accused him of stealing alcohol from a nearby store. >> there's no reason for him to be dead. when the police arrived there was no excitement and, actually, the police were very calm in talking to him. but what the police did was escalate the situation by using force. >> reporter: that use of force, according to kordell, was handcuffing gonzalez and forcing him to the ground. she feels that was unnecessary. >> when they grabbe