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Experts on deadly Alameda struggle: Officers trained not to keep hand-cuffed people face down
ALAMEDA, Calif. - The family of an unarmed 26-year-old Alameda man is struggling to understand how a minor confrontation with police led to his death on the same day a jury in Minneapolis began considering similar circumstances in the George Floyd case, while experts said that officers have long been trained not to handcuff people, especially when they are heavy or intoxicated, face-down on the ground.Alameda police responded to a park on April 19 to check reports that Mario Gonzalez was acting strangely and appeared to be breaking security tags off of alcohol bottles that he had in two drugstore baskets.Gonzalez died after three officers and a civilian parking enforcement employee pinned him face down on the ground for more than five