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

. >> an alameda police officer's knee holding down mario gonzalez who died a matter of minutes after this was recorded. police saying gonzalez had a medical emergency. the officers that responded to a possible theft in the area, and a call that came in about a disorderly and possibly intoxicated person. they spent more than 10 minutes unsuccessfully trying to figure out who gonzalez was, and what he was doing there. >> somebody called and said you were, maybe not feeling so great. >> well, i'm feeling all right. >> you come up with a plan. let me know that you're not going to be drinking in our parks over here. >> stuff like that. >> then we can be on our merry way. >> merry way? >> you have an i.d. on you. >> merry e of force was used says police. camera audio makes was struggli breathe. >> it's okay, it's okay. what's your name? >> mario. >> gonzalez's family speaking out tuesday after watching the video. >> they didn't even try to talk too him. they didn't have the right to kill him. we're humans. we're not cucarachas r-rpb gonzalez partner and mother of his son upset with this mo

and both experts agree the worse part is knowing mario gonzalez' death could and should have been prevented. >> i didn't catch your name yet though. >> reporter: from casual questioning to screams of pain. 26-year-old mario gonzalez fought for his life as two alameda police officers pinned him face first on the ground for roughly 6 minutes and 17 seconds before he died. >> does he have a pulse? >> no. >> reporter: officers got a call about a disorderly and possibly intoxicated person. after getting out of their car the officers talked to gonzalez for roughly 5 minutes asking general questions about his identity. >> what's your name. >> reporter: before forcing him to the ground. >> they didn't really have any information before they laid hands on him. >> reporter: for the past 17 years, she's streeted thousands of patients in the bay area struggling with trauma, anxiety and substance abuse. >> what was your initial reaction after watching that video. >> i was having a hard time believing it and seeing it because there was nothing there that said to me this person should have been put on the

. >> an alameda police officer's knee holding down mario gonzalez who died a matter of minutes after this was recorded. police saying gonzalez had a medical emergency. the officers that responded to a possible theft in the area, and a call that came in about a disorderly and possibly intoxicated person. they spent more than 10 minutes unsuccessfully trying to figure out who gonzalez was, and what he was doing there. >> somebody called and said you were, maybe not feeling so great. pl well, i'm feeling all righ let me know that you're not going to be drinking in our parks over here. >> stuff like that. >> then we can be on our merry way. >> merry way? >> you have an i.d. on you. >> merry go round. >> no significant use of force was used says police. camera audio makes it sound like gonzalez was struggling to breathe. >> it's okay, it's okay. what's your name? >> mario. >> gonzalez's family speaking out tuesday after watching the video. >> they didn't even try to talk too him. they didn't have the right to kill him. we're humans. we're not cucarachas r-rpb gonzalez partner and mother o

after seeing the video the family of mario gonzalez says police murdered gonzales. a warning, this video is hard to watch. >> i think you just had too much to drink today. that's all. >> mario -- >> mario -- >>> police say the 26-year-old died of a medical emergency during this arrest. alameda police body cam video shows as officers attempted to place his hands behind his back, he lost consciousness. police say they did not use excessive force. the family says that is not with the video shows and gonzales complied with the officers at the scene. put on his head and back is what killed him. >> yesterday my family and i saw the footage. we know what really happened. alameda police officers murdered my brother other other >> the sheriff's office which is investigating the incident said they are waiting for toxicology and autopsy reports. we reached out to

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. >

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

. >> 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

gonzalez a struggle last week that had deadly consequences. video of the incident has been released. this part we'll show you was before things got physical. three officers involved had been identified. they are james fisher, cameron leahy and eric mckinley. we have just learned all are on paid administrative leave. the i-team requested to see if any of them had previous misconduct complaints. it's unclear how long each officer force. i-team reporter stephanie sierra is digging deeper into the case. >> i did get your name yet. >> reporter: from casual questioning to screams of pain. 26-year-old mario gonzalez screamed for his life as two alameda police officers pinned him face first on the ground for leslie 6 minutes and 17 seconds before he died. > it has epte offices got a call about a disorderly and possibly toxic it a person. after getting another car, the officers talked with gonzalez roughly 12 minutes asking general questions about his identity. >> what's your name? >> reporter: while forcing him to the ground. >> he didn't really have

police camera shows mario gonzalez restrained on his stomach for more than 6 minutes then losing consciousness. officers were responding to a call about a theft and intoxicated person. >> while the videos give us a lot of information, it's not the entire story. it's only part of the story. the information is so critical. >> the cause of gonzalez' death ha not yet been determined. >>> building a better bay area is certainly not an easy especially when it comes to reform. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in san jose to explain exactly why. >> reporter: the city of san jose is reimagining community safety with at least 7 fewer people. prominent community leaders behind this resignation letter left the group to address reform. >> those who stepped away have been fighting this fight some time. >> reporter: silicon valley naacp president jethro moore says three meetings is all all took for him to find that police reform did not exist. those who quit expected to have the police involved but didn't imagine the conversation would be led by them. rios felt the commission created room to confro

police camera shows mario gonzalez restrained on his stomach for more than 6 minutes then losing consciousness. officers were responding to a call about a theft and intoxicated person. >> while the videos give us a lot of information, it's not the entire story. it's only part of the story. the information is so critical. >> the cause of gonzalez' death ha not yet been determined. >>> building a better bay area is certainly not an easy especially when it comes to reform. abc 7 news reporter amdadel castillo is in san jose to explain exactly why. >> reporter: the city of san jose is reimagining community safety with at least 7 fewer people. prominent community leaders behind this resignation letter left the group to address reform. >> those who stepped away have been fighting this fight some time. >> reporter: silicon valley naacp president jethro moore says three meetings is all all took for him to find that police reform did not exist. those who quit expected to have the police involved but didn't imagine the conversation would be led by them. rios felt the commission created room to confront

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

. >>> 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

. >>> 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

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

. ">>> last week officials say mario gonzalez died of a medical complication. after watching body cam video his family says he was murder. police said the 26-year-old died of a medical emergency during a scuffle as they attempted to place his hands behind his back but the family says that is not what the video shows. gonzalez complied with officers. the footage has not been released publicly but his family says it shows officers pinning him to the ground with their weight on his head and back. >> yesterday my family and i saw the footage and we know what really happened. alameda police officers murdered my brother mario. >> the sheriff's office is investigating the incident. they said they are waiting for toxicology and autopsy results. we reached out to police her comment but have not yet heard back. >>> scott peterson made a video appearance in court from san quentin prison this morning. that is where he is in prison for the 2003 murder of his wife lacey and their unborn child. attorneys are considering a start date for his upcoming retrial in the death penal

. >>> 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

gonzalez. investigators say they responded to a call monday for a theft and possible intoxicated person. they came across gonzalez and at one point they say there was a scuffle as they attempted to place his hands behind his back. that is when officers say gonzalez suffered some kind of medical emergency. family members, though, are demanding answers about how he could have died in police custody. >> we want answers. not only do we want answers, we are getting answers. i am not resting. we are locked and loaded. we are coming at them. >> investigators are interviewing witnesses as well as the officers. they haven't released many details but they say at this point there was no significant use of force or weapons involved. >>> enrage, outrage, anger and fear continues to grow nationwide after two police killings, the latest in north carolina where a man was shot by a police officer a search warrant. jobina fe live desk. what are we learning? >> the latest shooting happened in elizabeth city, sout

body cam video shows a struggle that led to mario gonzalez's death. we want to warn you this may ths hard to watch. >> reporter: an alameda police officer holding down gonzalez who died a matter of minutes after this was recorded. gonzalez had a medical emergency. the officers responded to a possible theft in the area and a call that came in about a disorderly and possibly intoxicated person. they spent 10 minutes trying to figure out who gonzalez was and what he was doing there. >> someone called and said you were not feeling so>> you come t me know that you are not going to be drinking in our parks over here. and then we can be on our merry way. do you have an i.d. on you? >> reporter: investigators say force was used. body camera video makes it sound as though gonzalez was struggling to breathe. >> it's okay. what's your name? >> reporter: gonzalez's family speaking out tuesday after watching the video. >> they don't have kill him. we humans. >> reporter: gonzalez's partner and mother of his son upset with this moment between officers. >> do you th

last night, more than 100 family and friends came together for candlelight vigil 226-year-old mario gonzalez. investigators say they responded to a calla calla calll theft and possible intoxicated person. they say they came across gonzalez, and at one point, there was a scuffle as they tried to put his hands behind his back. that is when police say gonzalez had some kind of medical emergency. but family members are demanding answers about how he could've died in police custody. >> we want answers, not only do we want answers, we are going to get answers. we are not resting. i don't need a rest. are going to fight, i've got people ready tock d loaded, coming at them. >> investigators say, they are still interviewing witnesses as well as the officers. they haven't released many details but say that there was no significant use of force or weapons used. >>> this morning anger, outrage, and fear continues to grow nationwide after two police killings, less than 24 hours apart. the latest one in north carolina, where a man was shot and killed by an officer serving a search warrant. jobina is at th

we talked about this earlier. 100 people attended a vigil for 26-year-old mario gonzalez. investigators say they responded to a call monday for a theft, and possible intoxicated person. they came across gonzales and at one point, there was a scuffle as they attempted to place his hands behind his back. that is when police say gonzalez suffered some kind of medical emergency. lee say there was no significant use of force or weapons used. we will turn to jobina for a look at traffic. jobina? >>> thank you, reggie. morning, everyone. he will start with the slow spot we have right now in well, we have a slow spot in antioch on highway 4, in between bay point and it looks like pittsburgh there. anyway, giving you a live picture here at the bay bridge, traffic is falling as people make their way into the city. but it is a clear at the toll plaza. we do not have on metering lights and i will bring you a you can't put wings on a car. you can't see an accident coming. or walk away from one like this. you can't make a car talk. how can i help you? you can't fight gravity. and you ca

last night, more than 100 people attended a vigil for 26- year-old mario gonzalez. investigators say they responded to a call monday, for a theft and possible intoxicated person. they say they came across gonzalez and at one point, there was a scuffle, as they tended to place his hands behind his back. that is when police say gonzalez suffered some kind of medical emergency. police say there was no significant use of force, or weapons used. >>> going to bring in jobina now for look at traffic. >> hi, thank you for good morning, everyone. we will start here at the richmond san rafael bridge. you can see it's pretty full as people try to make their way on, traveling westbound. it is packed there. >>> all right, here's a look at what's going on with your commute planner. you can see that what we are dealing with are some breezy conditions on our bridges and also, they'll create some chop on our so north of the bay bridge, you gotta be careful of that. look at the pollen that's going to be out there, high at qvc, we're celebrating you during our friends and family event

wednesday night more than 100 people showed up to not only remember gonzalez but demand that body cam video be released. >> because they decided that a brown man in alameda looks suspicious. a brown man in alameda looked suspicious, mario is dead. >> the alameda police department needs to understand why a perfectly healthy man who has never been charged with a crime was killed in their custody. >> reporter: officers with the alameda county sheriff's office says the body cam video will be released as they're interviewing individuals. they say no force was used. >> we don't need arrests. we're ready to fight. we're locked and loaded. we're coming at them. >> body cam expected to be released early next week. >>> new developments, a danville police officer is facing felony charges after shooting and killing a man while on duty. the contra costa district attorney made the announcement today. saying andrew hall used unnecessary and unreasonable force responding to a pursuit. happened in november of 2019 after neighbors reported arboleda acting suspiciously. his lawyers claim self-defense. >

wednesday night more than 100 people showed up to not only remember gonzalez but demand that body cam video be released. >> because they decided that a brown man in alameda looks suspicious. a brown man in alameda looked suspicious, mario is dead. >> the alameda police department needs to understand why a perfectly healthy man who has never been charged with a crime was killed in their custody. >> reporter: officers with the alameda county sheriff's office says the body cam video will be released as interviewing individuals. they say no force was used. >> we don't need arrests. we're ready to fight. we're locked and loaded. we're coming at them. >> body cam expected to be released early next week. >>> new developments, a danville police officer is facing felony charges after shooting and killing a man while on duty. the contra costa district attorney made the announcement today. saying andrew hall used unnecessary and unreasonable force responding to a pursuit. happened in november of after neighbors reported arboleda acting suspiciously. his lawyers claim self-defense. >>> he felt no