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Several hours after police restrained a raging George Salgado, the 21-year-old was dead.
On Monday, Salgado’s grieving family was seeking answers on what happened.
On Friday, officers from the Miami-Dade and West Miami police departments responded to a call in the 2300 block of Southwest 58th Avenue regarding a naked man who was acting bizarre[ly], said detective Javier Baez, Miami-Dade Police spokesman.
The person who made the call told police the man was trying to bite him in the neck and rip his clothes off.
When officers arrived, they found Salgado. He “became aggressive and violent towards the officers and they utilized their Electronic Control Device,” Baez said in a statement.
Paramedics transported Salgado to Larkin Community Hospital under the Baker Act statute
He died several hours later.
Miami-Dade police are investigating.
What police didn’t mention, his mother and the family’s lawyer say, is the condition they found him in at the hospital.
His wrists were scarred and bloody, his face was scraped, he was covered with bruises and had welts on his head, they said.
“It’s our firm belief that this young man, who weighed 160 pounds, was beaten severely in addition to having several Taser shots fired at him,” said Jeffrey Norkin, the family’s lawyer.
Details of what happened were still under investigation Monday and the autopsy was incomplete, said Miami-Dade police Maj. Nancy Perez.
“Nobody better than us wants to give them answers. We know what pain and anguish they have to be in,” Perez said. “But we owe it to them and they will appreciate it at the end when we are able to clarify and bring to light everything that occurred.”
Norkin said Salgado was under the influence of a “recreational drug” that caused him to break from reality, which may be why a Taser burst didn’t immediately affect him.
But Norkin also believes Salgado was unarmed.
“Unarmed individuals should not be Tased or beaten. They should be wrestled to the ground and handcuffed,” Norkin said.
Perez said the Taser was used because he was out of control.
“He was showing actions that were not of a normal human being,” Perez said, “and that’s why he was Baker Acted.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/16/2752859/family-seeks-answers-on-west-miami.html#storylink=cpy
On Monday, Salgado’s grieving family was seeking answers on what happened.
On Friday, officers from the Miami-Dade and West Miami police departments responded to a call in the 2300 block of Southwest 58th Avenue regarding a naked man who was acting bizarre[ly], said detective Javier Baez, Miami-Dade Police spokesman.
The person who made the call told police the man was trying to bite him in the neck and rip his clothes off.
When officers arrived, they found Salgado. He “became aggressive and violent towards the officers and they utilized their Electronic Control Device,” Baez said in a statement.
Paramedics transported Salgado to Larkin Community Hospital under the Baker Act statute
He died several hours later.
Miami-Dade police are investigating.
What police didn’t mention, his mother and the family’s lawyer say, is the condition they found him in at the hospital.
His wrists were scarred and bloody, his face was scraped, he was covered with bruises and had welts on his head, they said.
“It’s our firm belief that this young man, who weighed 160 pounds, was beaten severely in addition to having several Taser shots fired at him,” said Jeffrey Norkin, the family’s lawyer.
Details of what happened were still under investigation Monday and the autopsy was incomplete, said Miami-Dade police Maj. Nancy Perez.
“Nobody better than us wants to give them answers. We know what pain and anguish they have to be in,” Perez said. “But we owe it to them and they will appreciate it at the end when we are able to clarify and bring to light everything that occurred.”
Norkin said Salgado was under the influence of a “recreational drug” that caused him to break from reality, which may be why a Taser burst didn’t immediately affect him.
But Norkin also believes Salgado was unarmed.
“Unarmed individuals should not be Tased or beaten. They should be wrestled to the ground and handcuffed,” Norkin said.
Perez said the Taser was used because he was out of control.
“He was showing actions that were not of a normal human being,” Perez said, “and that’s why he was Baker Acted.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/16/2752859/family-seeks-answers-on-west-miami.html#storylink=cpy
