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Family says mentally-ill Fil-Am veteran died after police knelt on his neck during arrest

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<p>A clamor for answers from the Antioch Police Department in California is growing after it was revealed that 30-year-old Filipino-American Angelo Quinto died while in detention.</p><p>On December 23, 2020, Quinto’s family called on police to assist them with a mental health-related incident involving Angelo. As he was being detained, Quinto lost consciousness and was taken to a hospital, where he died three days later.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eB_tR-V9X-M?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The Quinto family is now speaking out on the incident, saying police had kneeled on the US Navy veteran’s neck as they handcuffed him.</p><p>His mother, who witnessed the arrest, said Qunito was pleading for his life during the incident. A cellphone video of the encounter was released by the family’s lawyer, civil rights attorney John Burris.</p><p>The video shows police removing an unconscious Quinto from the house and a pool of blood can be seen. It took about a month before police acknowledged the death publicly, which is still undergoing investigation.</p><p>Read more on <a href="https://balitangamerica.tv/">Balitang America</a>.</p>

<p>A clamor for answers from the Antioch Police Department in California is growing after it was revealed that 30-year-old Filipino-American Angelo Quinto died while in detention.<br /> </p>

A clamor for answers from the Antioch Police Department in California is growing after it was revealed that 30-year-old Filipino-American Angelo Quinto died while in detention.