A
A STORY
A STORY THAT HAS LEFT FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE PRONE.
+@
MANY PEOPLE PRONE. +@>> IF YOU WILL START TOWARD
NORTH CARLTON AVENUE FOR AN+@ E
ASSIST.
ASSIST.
ASSIST. >> THERE'S A GUY ON THE GROUND,
BANGING HIS HEAD ON THE GROUND.
>> IT'S GOING +@TO BE THE+@
REPORTING PARTIES SON.
>> WHAT IS HIS NAME?
>> DANIEL, DANIEL.
>> ON A DARK STREET, AT A LATE
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. A
HOUR. A MAN NAMED DANIEL DIED.
UNDERNEATH THE BODIES OF THOSE
CALLED TO HELP HIM.
>> HOLD ON FOR A SECOND OKAY.
KEEP BREATHING OKAY.
JUST RELAX.
JUST RELAX. +@ CAN YOU B+@REATHE.
DANIEL.
DANIEL.
DANIEL. >> 4118.
>> 4118.
>> 4118. >> SUBJECT HAS STOPPED
BREATHING.
BREATHING. >> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> TAMMY AND WALTER TURNER
WATCHED THEIR SON STOP
BREATHING MINUTES AFTER POLICE
OFFICERS TOOK HIM TO THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. >> THERE WAS NO RESISTANCE.
HE WAS JUST TRYING TO MANEUVER
TO BREATHE.
TO BREATHE. THEY WOULD NOT LET HIM UP TO
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
BREATHE. >> Reporter: AN AUTOPSY
CONCLUDED THE 41-YEAR-OLD DIED
FROM THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF
METHAMPHETAMINE USE.
METHAMPHETAMINE USE. BUT THAT +@WASN'T ALL.
THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST ADDED
ANOTHER CAUSE.
ANOTHER CAUSE. PHYS+@ICAL RESTRAINT APPLIED BY
OFFICERS WHILE DANIEL WAS
HANDCUFFED AND PRONE.
IN OTHER WORDS, FACE DOWN, +@
LIMITED IN ABILITY TO
ADEQUA+@TELY BREATHE.
ADEQUA+@TELY BREATHE. >> DANIEL, DANIEL.
>> TWO YEARS EARLIER.
>> HELP, HELP, HELP.
>> ANOTHER DEATH UNDER SIMILAR
CI+@RCUMSTANCES IN NORTH TEXAS.
ITS CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE PARKER
COUNTY JAIL.
COUNTY JAIL. 38-YEAR-OLD ANDY DEBUSK BECOMES
UPSET, AN ALTERCATION ENSUING
AND DESPITE THE JAIL'S OWN
POLICY THAT SAYS INMATES WILL
NOT BE PLACED DOWN, DEBU+@SK IS
PUT JUST LIKE THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO DIE, I'M GOING
TO DIE.
TO DIE.
TO DIE. >> MINUTES LATER, HE DID.
AN AUTOPSY CONCLUDED THE CAUSE
OF DEBUSK WAS UNDETERMINED.
BUT IT WAS ALSO ST+@ATED THAT
PROLONGED PERIOD OF PRO+@NE
RESTRAINT WITH COMPRESSION TO
THE TORSO WAS EVIDENT.
+@
+@ THEY
+@ THEY CLEARED THE OFFICERS IN
DEBUSK DEATH.
DEBUSK DEATH. IN THE U.S. OFFICERS USE +@PRON
RESTRAINT DAILY.
RESTRAINT DAILY. >> PRONE HIM OUT.
>> MOST OF THE TIME IT RESULTS
IN LITTLE MORE THAN AN ARREST.
BUT ON OCCASION, THE FACE DOWN
HOLD RESULTS.
HOLD RESULTS. >> IS HE KNOCKED OUT, HE'S NOT
DEAD IS HE.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> Reporter: IN SOMETHING ELSE.
>> HE'S DEAD.
>> CONCERNED ABOUT CASES LIKE
THIS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE WARNED OFFICERS OF WHAT
IT CALLED A LITTLE KNOWN
+@
+@ PHENOMENON CALLED POSITION+@AL
AS+@PHYXIA OR DEATH AS A RESULT
OF A BODY POSITIO+@N THAT
INTERFERES WITH ON+@E'S ABILITY
TO BREATHE.
TO BREATHE. IN 2003, THE TOPIC MADE IT INTO
THIS NEW YORK CITY POLICE
TRAINING VIDEO.
TRAINING VIDEO. >> THIS TAPE WILL TEACH YOU
ABOUT HOW THE HUMAN BODY
REACTS.
REACTS.
REACTS. >> THE MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE, AS
SOON AS A PERSON IS HANDS
CUFFED GET HIM OFF HIS STOMACH.
ONCE THE SUBJECT IS RESTRAINED
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLACE THEM
IN WHATEVER POSITION ALLOWS
THEM TO BREATHE FREELY.
OTHER NORTH TEXAS POLICE
DEPARTMENTS TELL US THAT OTHERS
ARE IN PLACE.
>> GET OFF HIM.
GET HIM UP RIGHT.
>> Reporter: IF AN OFFICER
ISN'T PUTTING THOSE POLICIES
INTO PLAY IN THE FIELD, THAT
OFFICER ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
>> I'VE SAID IN TRAINING AT
TIMES THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE
THAT PRINTED ON THE DASHBOARD
OF A POLICE CAR OR MAYBE
TATTOOED TO THE BACK OF THEIR
HAND.
HAND.
HAND. GET
HAND. GET OFF HIM AND GET HIM INTO A
@ POSITION THAT FACI+@LITATES
BREATHING.
BREATHING. >> Reporter: YET IF THIS STORY
DEALT ONLY WITH DANIEL TURNER'S
STORY IN NEW MEXICO, AND ANDY
DEBUST IN NORT+@H TEXAS, YOU
+@
DEBUST IN NORT+@H TEXAS, YOU MIGHT BE EXCUSED FOR
CONSIDERING IT AN ABERRATION.
>> BREATHE.
>> BREATHE. >> Reporter: HERE'S THE THING
FOREVER.
FOREVER.
FOREVER. +@
FOREVER. >> THE MORE YOU MOVE, THE
LONGER IT LASTS.
>> Reporter: COURT FILINGS AND
NEWS STORIES WE FOUND EXAMPLE
AFTER EXAMPLE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES LARGELY
IGNORING THE WARNINGS.
>> ALL THE WAY DOWN.
>> Reporter: WE KNO+@W OF AT
LEAST 107 DEATHS, SEVEN IN
TEXAS THAT FOLLOWED PRONE
RESTRAINTS SINCE 2010.
THERE ARE LIKELY MANY MORE.
WE FOUND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY
LOSS IN PLACES LIKE LOUISIANA,
NORTH CAROLINA, CALIFORNIA, AND
IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, NORTH +@
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. >>
TEXAS. >> IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE
UNTIL SOMEBODY PUTS A STOP TO
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> Reporter: IN A COUNTRY
NEARLY 2/3 WHITE, MORE THAN 2/3
OF THE DEATHS WE FOUND INVOLVED
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT.
>> WHAT I'M SURPRISED TO SEE IS
THAT SORT OF MORE OF THE SAME
CONTINUES.
CONTINUES. >> Reporter: DR. ALEX DEL
+@ CARMEN IS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF
+@
CARMEN IS THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY IN
FORT WORTH.
FORT WORTH. HE'S TRAINED ALMOST 15,000
POLICE OFFICERS AND EVERY
POLICE CHIEF IN THE STATE.
>> A POSTGEORGE FLOYD ERA
REALLY LEAVES VERY LITTLE ROOM
FOR AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES TO SIT BACK AN+@D
STANDSTILL AND WAIT FOR THE
NEXT EVENT TO HAPPEN.
POLICING THAT IS GOING TO BE
REQUIR+@ED BY THE CITIZENS OF T
21st CENTURY IN THE UNITED
STATES WILL HAVE TO BE
EXCELLENT ALL THE TIME, NOT
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> HAD YOU EVER DONE THIS
BEFORE?
BEFORE?
BEFORE? >> NO, NO.
>> Reporter: BACK ON THAT DARK
STREET IN NEW MEXICO.
>> WE HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALLED FOR.
>> KEEP BREATHING OKAY.
+@
+@ JUST
+@ JUST RELAX.
JUST RELAX. >> Reporte+@r: TAMMY AND WALTER
THOMAS SAID IT SEEMS LIKE
HOURS, BUT WAS JUST MINUTES.
>> DANIEL, DANIEL.
>> IT HAPPENED ON OUR STREET.
IT HAPPENED TWO DOOR+@S DOWN.
>> +@Reporter: TWO YEARS LATER,
THEY REMAIN SO SCARED BY WHAT
THEY SAW, THEY STILL WON'T HEAD
THAT WAY WHEN LEAVING THEIR
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> ME AND WALTER DO NOT DRIVE
DOWN OUR STREET.
>> WE'VE NEVER DRIVEN DOWN
SINCE THIS