Another case of suspected police violence against non-whites in the United States shakes the city of Tucson in Arizona. Mayor Regina Romero, however, turned down the offer of police chief Chris Magnus on Thursday, as she did on Twitter announced. You do not have to decide on the resignation. But she wanted Magnus to continue the police reforms he initiated.
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Magnus had been criticizedbecause the police hadn’t publicized the case of a man who died in a police operation in April much earlier. The police video for the mission on April 21 was shown publicly for the first time on Wednesday at a press conference with the police chief.
Accordingly, when 27-year-old Carlos Adrian Ingram López was deployed in a dark garage in his grandmother’s house, he first wrestled with the officials, then was handcuffed and pressed face down on the floor – “for about twelve minutes,” as Magnus said.
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According to media reports, the young man was naked, desperate and, among other things, shouted that he could not breathe. He suffered a cardiac arrest, continues Magnus. Attempts to resuscitate were unsuccessful and his death was still found on the spot.
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Forensic doctors found the 27-year-old had a high cocaine content in the organism and an enlarged heart. The exact cause of death could not be determined. According to an internal investigation, the officials involved – white and black, according to Magnus – had violated various rules during the operation.
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Magnus explained that the video was only released with a delay of more than two months with “faulty communication” within the police and delays due to the corona pandemic. Given the discussion of police violence after the African American George Floyd dies however, the incident did not contribute to trust in the police.
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