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Angel Zapata Hernandez died on Oct. 15, 2019, in San Diego while handcuffed and restrained at the hands of two Metropolitan Transit Service security workers, one of whom knelt on his neck for 6 minutes and 6 seconds. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
Aside from a vague news release from the San Diego Police Department after Angel Zapata Hernandez died, few people knew the circumstances of his death.
His death was captured on videotape in agonizing detail. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
His death was captured on videotape in agonizing detail. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
On Monday, MTS board Chairman Nathan Fletcher and Zapata Hernandez family lawyer Eugene Iredale announced that the transit system was settling a claim from family members for $5.5 million.
Video of his death was also released to the public that day. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
Video of his death was also released to the public that day. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
The unique status of MTS security put them out of reach of some police transparency legislation that could have led to the release of the video and information about the death earlier. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
Police kept information from the public in another way: The autopsy was sealed at the request of San Diego police. In a letter dated Oct. 24, 2019, police requested the seal, saying the release of information would “seriously hamper” the investigation. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
No one was prosecuted in the death of Zapata Hernandez.
San Diego County Dist. Atty. Summer Stephan decided in July that there was not enough evidence to prove charges of either murder or manslaughter. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
San Diego County Dist. Atty. Summer Stephan decided in July that there was not enough evidence to prove charges of either murder or manslaughter. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
Read more about the case and why the public didn’t know about it from @D4VIDHernandez at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-25/george-floyd-angel-zapata-hernandez-died-knee-to-his-neck">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
