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https://ktla.com/news/local-news/erratic-fullerton-man-bites-officer-dies- following-violent-arrest/

Video posted on Friday shows the brutal and frantic moments during a
Fullerton man’s arrest that, for reasons yet to be released, ultimately
led to his death.

In the early morning hours of April 20, according to the Fullerton Police Department, an officer saw the suspect holding a smoldering cardboard box
in a city park after closing hours.

The man, who police said was acting in an “erratic” manner, was identified
as 46-year-old Jose Luis Naranjo Cortez. Officials noted Cortez’s history
of criminal convictions, which include voluntary manslaughter, assault
with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, unlawful sex with a minor, possession
of drugs, possession of burglary tools, DUI, criminal threats and more.

The bodycam footage starts with an officer approaching Cortez at Lemon
Park, ordering him to put the smoldering cardboard on the ground.

Cortez initially argues against the officer approaching, saying, “I’m not
on probation.”

The officer replies, saying, “I don’t care, put it on the ground. You
can’t light fires in public.”

This back and forth continues while Cortez ultimately follows the
officer’s orders to sit down, but he continues to say concerning and at
times, illogical things. At one point, he tells the officer, “You’re
giving me tuberculosis.”

It seems Cortez was trying to argue that he was attempting to leave the
park, explaining that his brother and a lady were also there and had
“bugged it.” Cortez also says that he recently got out of jail.

The situation escalates when the officer, now assisted by another officer, begins to approach Cortez to make him stand.

“Where are you gonna take me to, man?” Cortez asks as they reach for his
arms. “You’re giving me tuberculosis, sir,” he again claims, along with repeating that he’s not on probation, while asking what he did wrong.

Once the officers start putting more force into pulling Cortez up, he
clearly becomes agitated, his voice cracking before he begins yelling.

“No! You can’t eat me, sir,” Cortez shouts.

The situation erupts as multiple officers jump in to force a now fully resistant Cortez onto the ground.

Moments into this altercation, the officer with the bodycam is heard
saying, “Ah! He’s f***ing biting me!”

The department confirmed this assault, saying in a release that “while attempting to take the male into custody, the suspect violently bit an
officer on the arm, causing injuries.”

The video continues on, showing Cortez fighting in agony to resist as more officers arrive and soon attempt to de-escalate his behavior, telling him
to calm down and trying to reason with him, saying, “We’re gonna be gentle
if you’re gentle.”

At one point, an unidentified man claiming to be Cortez’s brother is heard running toward the scene, causing a few of the officers to leave Cortez to prevent his access. His self-proclaimed brother was later arrested for resisting and delaying an officer.

Cortez’s motions began to calm down the longer he was forcefully detained,
and while the officers began backing away, a conversation is heard between
the officer who was bitten and others who arrived after the fact.

“Damn it,” says the officer wearing the bodycam. “That’s a bad bite.”

“Is your hand all right, dude?” one officer is heard asking.

“He got my forearm,” the other officer replies. “So I punched him like,
twice.”

As the scene continues to unfold, police are seen beginning to question
whether Cortez is breathing, but soon discover that he is. It’s not until paramedics arrive that Cortez eventually stops breathing, and life-saving measures begin at the scene.

Footage of the incident ended there, but the incident briefing video
continued as an official explained that Cortez was taken to a hospital,
where he was pronounced dead.

“Please keep in mind this is an initial review, and our understanding of
this incident could possibly change as additional evidence is collected, analyzed, and reviewed,” police said in a release. “The Fullerton Police Department also does not draw any conclusions as to whether or not our
officers acted within our department policy, and the law, until all the
facts are known, and the independent investigation by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is complete.”


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