By: Danielle Wallace
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A Navy veteran suffering from a mental health emergency died after a northern California police officer knelt on his neck for nearly five minutes, according to his family, who filed a complaint regarding the incident being compared to the death of George Floyd.
Angelo Quinto's sister dialed 911 on Dec. 23 because the 30-year-old was suffering a mental health crisis and needed help. A responding officer with the Antioch Police Department knelt on Quinto's neck for nearly five minutes while another officer restrained his legs, family said. Quinto lost consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he died three days later.
>>"These Antioch police officers had already handcuffed Angelo but did not stop their assault on the young man and inexplicably began using the 'George Floyd' technique of placing a knee on the back and side of his neck, ignoring Mr. Quinto pleas of 'please don't kill me,'" John Burris, an attorney representing the family, said at a press conference Thursday.
Quinto's sister, 18-year-old Bella Collins, said she now regrets calling police, explaining she was concerned that, because of her brother's condition, he might hurt her mom because of his insistence that she stay with him. Quinto's mother, Cassandra Quinto-Collins, claims she had been hugging her son and he was calm by the time officers arrived at their home in Antioch, 45 miles east of San Francisco.
The family filed a legal claim against the Antioch Police Department last week, which gives the department 45 days to respond. After that time has elapsed, Burris said the family will file a federal lawsuit.
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