Oakland police to release bodycam footage of encounter with ex-NFL player Doug Martin

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The death of a well-known erstwhile NFL subordinate portion successful Oakland constabulary custody implicit the play is generating an outcry from the community, with friends saying Doug Martin struggled with intelligence wellness issues arsenic constabulary proceed their investigation.

Close friends of erstwhile NFL moving backmost Doug Martin grieved his tragic decease astatine a location successful the Oakland Hills implicit the weekend, wherever constabulary accidental helium was progressive successful a break-in aft a conflict with police; they accidental helium became unresponsive and died portion successful custody.

Martin's erstwhile cause said Martin privately battled intelligence wellness issues, "Doug's parents were actively seeking aesculapian assistance for him and had contacted authorities for support. Feeling overwhelmed and disoriented Doug fled his location during the nighttime and entered a neighbor's residence 2 doors down."

Oakland constabulary declined to remark connected the intelligence issues citing the ongoing investigation.

Oakland City Councilmember Ken Houston has been successful interaction with police. "I heard helium was down the thoroughfare from a location helium was acquainted with. He could person got confused - we don't know. But the 1 happening we bash cognize is that the constabulary volition bash their probe and I judge they'll bash it thoroughly. They person 45 days to merchandise the footage from the time of the incidental and we'll spot it," said Councilmember Houston.

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Some transgression justness experts telephone for much training.

"Police departments, they person to - they're archetypal responders - they person to beryllium trained successful recognizing erstwhile a idiosyncratic is having a intelligence wellness episode," Cal State East Bay transgression justness prof Lisa Hill said.

"Police are trained to subdue the fishy arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable and they are trained to conscionable noncompliance, which is often what happens with radical successful intelligence wellness situation - with force," Oakland assemblage activistic Cat Brooks said.

Bodycam footage volition beryllium released by December.

"We don't privation to suffer anyone similar this," Houston said.