Chula Vista police officers responding to a man's mental health crisis contributed to his death by needlessly escalating the situation and using unreasonable force against him, attorneys for the man's family argued Wednesday, while an attorney representing the city said the officers acted in accordance with their training and properly responded to an event that started to turn violent.
Other officers arrived and held him to the ground. Eventually, a restraint device called a WRAP was placed on Nunis, as well as a mesh spit hood. Those signs included drooling and labored breathing, which Lacy said caused Nunis to spit up mucus, leading to the application of the spit hood. Sain said that before any officers arrived, they were told that Nunis had physically struggled with his own family members as they tried to prevent him from leaping out the window.
According to Sain, asphyxia did not play a role in Nunis' death, as he said the WRAP device and spit hood do not constrict breathing and that a medical examiner ruled out asphyxia as a contributing factor.
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