A large law enforcement presence turned out in Worcester on Saturday to honor a state police recruit who died after becoming unresponsive during a training exercise. The funeral of Daniel Delgado-Garcia, who died on Sept. 13 a day after becoming unresponsive during a defensive tactics exercise in a boxing ring and suffering a “medical crisis,” was held against a backdrop of calls for accountability that have spread beyond his family.
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Delgado-Garcia's funeral happened against a backdrop of calls for accountability that have spread beyond his family. The Latino Law Enforcement Group of Boston and Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston have both issued public statements calling for transparency about the investigation into Delgado-Garcia's death.
Massachusetts State Police and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday. Delgado-Garcia was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and moved to Worcester at a young age, according to an obituary on the website of the Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel in Worcester. He earned an undergraduate degree from Westfield State University in Massachusetts before starting his career as a victim's advocate in the Worcester district attorney's office, the obituary said.
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