A public review of the dismissed manslaughter case of a former Las Vegas police officer provided little new information Monday, but it did stoke frustration among critics over how the case was handled.
Tashii Brown
Trinita Farmer, the mother of Tashii Brown who died in Las Vegas police custody, spoke in public about her son’s case for the first time during a Thursday screening of the documentary film, “What Happened in Vegas.”
A Las Vegas police officer told officer Kenneth Lopera to release his chokehold on Tashii Brown, but the officer continued his hold for another 46 seconds, a Metropolitan Police Department report on the officer’s arrest shows.
The officer involved in the death of Tashi Brown will face criminal charges, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo announced Monday.
Former Nevada Assemblyman Wendell Williams, who sought to ban the use of chokeholds by police more than 25 years ago, is calling for a public reexamination of the Metropolitan Police Department’s neck restraint policy after a man died while in custody last week.
The death of Tashi Brown would have been a lot more controversial if it happened five years ago.
Tashii Brown died after a Metropolitan Police Department officer stunned him seven times with a Taser, punched him several times and put him in an unapproved chokehold.
A Las Vegas police officer stunned Tashii Brown seven times with a Taser and held him in a neck hold for more than a minute early Sunday before the Las Vegas man died.
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