Jorge Gonzalez, suffered a broken neck, and a compressed spine at the hands of 3 sheriff deputies in Texas. He couldn’t even hold his head up for this mugshot…so they had to hold it up for him. They actually thought the mugshot was more important than a hospital visit.
After a deputy tripped him he hit his face hard and went unconscious. They tased him couple of times “to wake him up”.
He was left paralyzed neck down, went through a series of surgeries, and was in ICU on the ventilator for over a month after the arrest.
According to the hospital he went over 26 hours in Hidalgo County jail without necessary medical attention that could have saved his life.
Here is a petition to fire the officers who killed Jorge Gonzalez
Here is his family’s gofundme for medical bills, rent, legal fees, and other such financial needs
The Texas Rangers are investigating an incident involving the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office after the family of a man who died last month
“Deputies advised Gonzalez he was being placed under arrest for violating the emergency management plan, according to the complaint. He was also informed he was going to be charged with public intoxication.”
These cops beat a man to death because he was outside.
There are inconsistencies in the report and they fail to provide details about how he allegedly resisted arrest. Nevermind that nothing in this report - not a shelter-in-place violation, not drinking, not resisting arrest - justify multiple people ganging up on one person, breaking his neck, and failing to obtain medical care.
This man died because police are the institutionalization of prejudice and brutality, and this country requires you have papers to be treated like a human and insurance to live.
They didn’t even take him to the hospital in an ambulance.
Please sign the petition to get the 3 cops fired.
And if you can, donate to the Gonzales family!!
Both are SOO CLOSE to reaching their goals!!
