If he hadn’t been dog-piled on by 4 or 5 grown men, compressing his chest as he told them that he could not breath, he may be alive today.
No argument from me and at least one freeper cop that these cops violated their own rules and were to some forever indeterminable degree responsible for his death. A jury will ultimately set the “degree” of responsibility.
Moreover, I would add, had there been even room temperature intelligence amongst this particular group of cops a better way to arrest the guy most likely could have been found.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, this guy is likewise responsible to some degree for resisting arrest.