TPD In-custody death: Independent autopsy puts more blame on officers
Family-commissioned report blames the way officers restrained Ingram-Lopez
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEGRANDMOTHER OF CARLOS ADRIANINGRAM LOPEZ CALLED POLICEWHEN HER GRANDSON TOOK OFF HISCLOTHES AND STARTED SHOUTINGABOUT HALLUCINATIONS.
OFFICERSFOUND HIM NAKED IN A GARAGE.THEY HANDCUFFED HIM, COVEREDHIM WITH A BLANKET, HELD HIMDOWN BUT POLICE SAY THEY DIDNOT USE ANY WEAPONS ORDANGEROUS NECK HOLDS.
OVER 14MINUTES HE SAID HE COULD NOTBREATHE, PLEADED FOR WATER,AND FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER.FINALLY, HE DIED.
TUCSONPOLICE RULED OFFICERS JONATHANJACKSON, SAMUEL ROUTLEDGE ANDRYAN STARBUCK IGNORED CLEARSIGNS OF MEDICAL DISTRESS.THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE FIREDWHEN THEY QUIT.
THE FAMILY'SATTORNEY HIRED A FORMERMARICOPA COUNTY MEDICALEXAMINER TO DO AN INDEPENDENTAUTOPSY.
IT CONFLICTS WITH THEPIMA COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'SRULING ON THE DEATH.
THE PIMACOUNTY REPORT BASICALLYATTRIBUTES THE DEATH TOCOCAINE AND A HEART CONDITIONAND MENTIONS HOW INGRAM-LOPEZWAS RESTRAINED.
IT SAYS, INPART: "...THE CAUSE OF DEATHIS ASCRIBED TO SUDDEN CARDIACARREST IN THE SETTING OF ACUTECOCAINE INTOXICATION ANDPHYSICAL RESTRAINT WITHCARDIAC LEFT VENTRICULARHYPERTROPHY AS A SIGNIFICANTCONTRIBUTING CONDITION." THEALTERNATIVE REPORT SAYS THECOCAINE AND THE HEARTCONDITION WERE NOT SERIOUSENOUGH TO HAVE KILLED BYTHEMSELVES.
IT PUTS MORE BLAMEON HOW THE OFFICERS RESTRAINEDIMGRAM-LOPEZ AND SAYS, "HISDEATH IS MOST CONSISTENT WITHASPHYXIA DUE TO COMPROMISEDAIRWAY WHICH IS BEST EXPLAINEDBY A FACEDOWN POSITIONRESTRICTING HIS BREATHING."ATTORNEY EDUARDO CORONADO SAYSINSTEAD OF PUTTING THEIRWEIGHT ON INGRAM- LOPEZ BACK,OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE REALIZEDHE WAS CO-OPERATING AND LETHIM SIT UP AND BREATHE.
10:27WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THEREWAS A COMPLETE LACK OFEMPATHY, A COMPLETE LACK OFHUMANITY, A TOTAL DISREGARDFOR HIS NEEDS AND JUSTINDIFFERENCE, COMPLETEINDIFFERENCE.
" 10:40 NOW THEFAMILY SAYS IT WANTS ATHOROUGH CRIMINALINVESTIGATION OF WHAT THETHREE FORMER OFFICERS DID ANDIT'S CONSIDERING A CIVILLAWSUIT.
CRAIG SMITH, KGUN9 ONYOUR SIDETUCSON CITY COUNCIL ISEXPECTED -- TONIGHT -- TO PASS
