Today, civil rights law firm Haddad & Sherwin LLP released the results of the second, independent autopsy it obtained on Mario Gonzalez. The second autopsy, performed by noted forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet I. Omalu, confirms that rather than methamphetamine toxicity, Mario Gonzalez’s cause of death was restraint asphyxiation. In April…
Next Steps in the Mario Gonzalez Wrongful Death Case Just one week after the Alameda County Coroner’s office declared Mario Gonzalez’s death a homicide, renowned California civil rights lawyers Haddad & Sherwin have filed a federal wrongful death suit against the City of Alameda, California, and the involved police officers.…
One day before a jury found a Minneapolis police officer guilty of murdering George Floyd, Mario Arenales Gonzalez was killed by Alameda, California police who restrained him in a prone position with weight on him. As the police officers’ body cam videos were released, many can’t help but notice the…
Los Angeles Times / Richard Winton, Lila Seidman In a case drawing comparisons to the killing of George Floyd, authorities in the Bay Area city of Alameda are facing growing outrage after a body-camera video showed a police officer appearing to put a knee on the back of a 26-year-old…
On May 6, 2021, CNN reported on the ongoing investigation into the death of Mario Gonzalez, a 26 year-old Oakland California man who was restrained by Alameda Police Officers prior to his death on April 19, 2021. In this video clip, CNN anchor Don Lemon interviews Julia Sherwin, the California…
May 10, 2021 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 Pamela S. Karlan Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Main Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: Death of Mario Gonzalez…
Los Angeles Times / Richard Winton, Lila Seidman In a case drawing comparisons to the killing of George Floyd, authorities in the Bay Area city of Alameda are facing growing outrage after a body-camera video showed a police officer appearing to put a knee on the back of a 26-year-old…
The Washington Post / Marisa Lati The family of a 26-year-old man who died after being restrained by police is demanding answers in response to body-camera video of officers pinning the man facedown on the ground for five minutes. The footage released Tuesday shows Mario Arenales Gonzalez becoming unresponsive while…
The New York Times / Will Wright Body camera footage was released on Tuesday of a 26-year-old man who died in police custody after officers in Alameda County, Calif., pinned him facedown on the ground for five minutes. The footage from the Alameda Police Department shows the man, Mario Arenales…