On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released a graphic video from July 15, showing officers beating a handcuffed and restrained man multiple times at the LAPD’s Van Nuys jail facility.
Jose Carlo Hoyos-Munoz, 58, appeared to be in crisis, as officers forcefully grabbed, elbowed, and kneeled on top of him using their body weight in three separate incidents. Shortly after, Hoyos-Munoz was found unconscious in his cell and pronounced deceased after multiple lifesaving efforts failed.
He was taken into custody on July 13, after police responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at a home in Chatsworth. Upon arrival, officers spoke to two family members who were allegedly cut with a knife by Hoyos-Munoz.
His mother had lacerations on her arm and told police, “He has lost his mind. He’s gone crazy."
Following an eight-hour standoff and a Crisis Negotiation Team's unsuccessful attempts to coax Hoyos-Munoz to leave the house, SWAT officers used tear gas and took him into custody inside the house.