Mario Gonzalez Arenales died on April 19 after officers arrived at a local park, answering separate calls about a man who appeared to be intoxicated and a possible theft. Body camera footage released by police shows the 26-year-old was unresponsive after being pinned down by officers.
Nearly a month after her son's death, the 45-year-old mother says her family is shaken. Yet, they want justice for him, especially because Latinos and Black people are being killed by police. The incident happened a day before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death and it came against the backdrop of the police killing of Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old Latino boy in Chicago.
The cause of Gonzalez's death has not been determined. Sgt. Ray Kelly, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Department said officials expect the autopsy and toxicology results to be finalized in approximately three weeks, but noted results could come sooner. Gonzalez would spend most of his days at the apartment, caring for his younger brother Efrain, who is 23 years old and has autism, his mother said. When Gonzalez was laid off from his job at a pizza restaurant due to the Covid-19 pandemic, he became his brother's full-time caregiver.
When asked whether Gonzalez may have been intoxicated, Arenales said it appears that he was but noted she's still waiting for the toxicology results.Gonzalez's mother said she had always admired police officers and now, she sees there are inexperienced officers hurting communities.
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