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Officers restrained Mario Gonzalez in a prone position as he struggled to breathe and blamed his death on drug use
A California city has agreed to pay $11m to the family of a man who was killed by police in 2021 when officers restrained him in a prone position for 5min as he struggled to breathe.
The city of Alameda, just outside of San Francisco, announced Thursday that it had settled the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of Mario Gonzalez, a 26-year-old who was killed in a similar manner as George Floyd in a case that led to protests and national outrage. The city said it is paying $11m to the estate of Gonzalez’s seven-year-old son and $350,000 to Gonzalez’s mother.
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