The police chief in Tucson, Arizona has offered his resignation Wednesday after the release of a video showing the death of 27-year-old Carlos Ingram-Lopez in police custody.
Officers administered chest compressions before emergency medical personnel declared him dead on scene.
"He was reportedly restrained in a prone position with a spit hood and became unresponsive. He died despite resuscitative efforts by emergency medical services providers," the report said. The officers, who have not been identified, resigned Friday, shortly before the department's internal investigation was completed, according toCity Council member Lane Santa Cruz said in a statement after watching the video,"I cannot unwatch and unknow that officers used their bodies, denial of water, denial of air and plastic blankets as a weapon against an unarmed, vulnerable young father in distress.
He said that although he was briefed the day after Ingram-Lopez's death, nobody in his administration viewed the video then. He called the failure to make the death public a misstep, but said it was not done with malicious intent. A visibly surprised Romero said during Wednesday's news conference that she wasn't aware Magnus had planned to offer his resignation. She said he has been “an honest and great” police chief.
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