The office of California's attorney general said Wednesday it will review a decision by the Contra Costa County district attorney not to pursue homicide charges against police officers who restrained a prone man and placed a knee on his neck in 2020.
Attorney General Rob Bonta's office did not provide further comment. Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said through a spokesperson that a copy of the public report on the death of Angelo Quinto will be sent to the California Department of Justice.
that officers placed a knee on Quinto's neck — in the manner that killed Minneapolis man George Floyd — and that the cause of death was asphyxiation. He was rushed to the hospital and died Dec. 26.In her statement, Becton said that one officer placed one knee on Quinto's shoulder to handcuff him while another officer held on to his legs.
He said the DA's decision took the officers' account at face value and made no attempt to resolve discrepancies.