California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes | California

Three California police officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 killing of a man they restrained in a prone position for five minutes until he lost consciousness.Pamela Price, Alameda county district attorney, announced the charges on Thursday, three years after the asphyxia death of Mario Gonzalez, 26. The officers, Eric McKinley, James Fisher and Cameron Leahy, face up to four years in prison.On 21 April 2021, the three officers with the city of Alameda, east of Oakland, encountered Gonzalez in a public park after two residents had called police to report…