Man Who Died in Portland Police Custody Lost Consciousness While Face Down in Handcuffs

Man who died in Portland police custody lost consciousness while face down in handcuffs

The man who died in Portland police custody last month lost consciousness while lying face down for several minutes with his hands cuffed behind his back during an arrest, according to body-worn camera footage released by police Friday.

Body cam footage shows in-custody death during welfare check in North Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Body-worn camera footage released by Portland police is shedding light on when police welfare check resulted in the death of a man in custody in the Kenton neighborhood last month. The full footage can be seen here. On the night of June 27 at around 10 p.m., Officers J.P. Duque Valencia, Travis Wortman and Jason Epton originally responded to a request for a welfare check on a man at an apartment complex in the 8500 block …

Portland Police release body camera footage from June in-custody death incident

Officials have released body camera footage from the officers involved in an in-custody death incident on June 27 in Portland’s Kenton Neighborhood.

Body Camera Footage Shows Damon Lamarr Johnson Died While Restrained By Police

Newly released body camera footage shows the minutes leading up to the death of Damon Lamarr Johnson, who died shortly after being physically restrained and handcuffed by police last month. Officers were dispatched to Johnson's North Portland apartment after a security guard at the property reported the man was exhibiting erratic behavior and dangling knives out his window. “This is tough to watch,” Portland Police Chief Bob Day said of the foot…