SF News Death of Man In Alameda Police Custody Ruled a Homicide, But Meth Use Was Contributing Factor The April 19 death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez Arenales while being arrested by Alameda police has been ruled a homicide, however his health, methamphetamine use, and alcohol were also contributing factors, according to a newly released autopsy report.
SF News Alameda Callers Did Not Use 911 to Report Mario Gonzalez Being Drunk; Civil Rights Attorney Asks AG Merrick Garland to Investigate What were initially reported as two separate 911 calls about an apparently intoxicated but non-threatening man in an Alameda Park last month were actually calls to the city's non-emergency line.
SF News Man Who Was Killed In Alameda Police Custody Had Lost His Job Last Year, Became Depressed and Drank Two weeks after he was killed while in the custody of Alameda police — having apparently asphyxiated while pressed to the ground on his stomach, not unlike George Floyd — we are learning a bit more of the story of Mario Arenales Gonzalez.
SF News Man Who Died While Alameda Police Had Him In Prone Position Compared to George Floyd The April 19 death of Oakland resident Mario Arenales Gonzalez while in the custody of Alameda police has garnered national headlines because it occurred just one day before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd under similar circumstances.
SF News Petaluma Man Mistaken For Car Thief Gets Killed In Choke-Hold By Police An apparently disabled Petaluma man who had reported his car stolen and then not informed Sonoma County authorities that it had been found was forcibly removed from his vehicle last week, placed in a carotid hold, and accidentally killed.
SF News Knife Crime 2013: Stabbing Suspect Shot To Death By SFPD In Potrero Hill Last night just before 10 p.m. San Francisco Police officers responded to an emergency call from a man in Potrero Hill who claimed to have just stabbed his brother-in-law. According
SF News SFPD Officers Shoot Two In Air Gun Altercation Two people were left in critical condition after an altercation sprung up early Sunday morning between two groups across the street from SFPD's Mission Station at 17th and Valencia Streets. A