Santiago (Chago) Villanueva
Name: Santiago (Chago) Villanueva
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic/Latino
Date: 04/16/2002
Location: 5 Lawrence St
Bloomfield, New Jersey, 7003
County: Essex
Agency: Bloomfield Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Villanueva's garment factory co-workers called police for help with his epileptic seizure. They arrived and found him uncooperative and combative. Wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by four officers, witnesses described police shouting for him to speak English, and taking his foaming at the mouth as a sign of drug use. He died of "mechanical asphyxia following physical restraint". The four were charged with manslaughter.
Unique ID: 1621
News article: Link
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