Newly released body camera footage shows Dallas Police officers joking about and mocking Tony Timpa after he had died while being restrained, believing he was just unconscious.and local television station NBC5 on Tuesday, sheds new light for the public about the 32-year-old's death back in August 2016. Timpa died within 20 minutes after police arrived to respond to the man's own distress call to 911.
In the clip, Timpa yells:"You're gonna kill me!" as police zip-tie his legs while he's handcuffed, face down in the grass. Officers pinned the man's neck, shoulders and knees to the ground as he struggles to understand what's happening and to breathe. He pleaded for help more than 30 times in the footage, but for nearly 14 minutes he is pinned to the ground by officers.
First responders waited at least four minutes after Timpa stopped responding before they began CPR and attempted to provide medical aide. Officers have said that they believed he was simply passed out and claimed they heard him snoring. Timpa's autopsy assessed that his cause of death was a homicide caused by sudden cardiac arrest due to"the toxic effects of cocaine and the stress associated with physical restraint,"The video footage was released by order of a federal judge, which was handed down on Monday.
valerileist Police officers with the dallasPD know that any atrocity they commit will just result in a paid vacation. They rarely lose in court or on appeal. Sad.
The paramedic should be in trouble for administrating a sedative without checking vitals or anything. FirstResponders around the world would agree.
So it would have been ok to mock him if he was unconscious? What the hell is going on? How is any of this acceptable?