Dallas police are investigating the death of a black man. transgender The woman who died in the back of an ambulance after being arrested by the police and put in a spit hood.
Shocking bodycam footage from the arrest shows police approaching 47-year-old Ladamonian Dwayne Hall on May 26, after receiving calls that she might be drunk in public.
Hall initially appeared scared and confused as she cooperates with the police and begins to cry, but then she becomesgitette
He began to take off his clothes and fell as the officers slammed him to the ground and arrested him.
Officers place a spit hood on Hall, a device used to prevent someone from biting or spitting at a cop as she loaded into an ambulance, but appears to be struggling for air.
Thirty minutes later, Hall is pronounced dead in the emergency room.
It took the department nearly two weeks to report Hall’s death, the cause of which is yet to be ascertained.
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LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall, 47, (pictured) died on May 26 after police arrested her, spat on her head and loaded her into an ambulance as she screamed at them
Hall, a transgender woman, took off her wig and was undressing when police arrested her. They believed she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol
Deputy Chief Terence Rhodes said the Dallas Police Special Investigations Unit was reviewing the case. Police are still waiting for the toxicology report.
when asked by Dallas Morning News As to why it took 13 days to report the death, police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman said the department needed time to show Hall’s family the footage and interview them.
As per the department’s general guidelines, bodycam footage should have been released within 72 hours of the incident, but Lowman said the time could be extended ‘at the discretion of the police chief and on notification of the police inspection committee’.
The Dallas Police Department did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
The 38-minute-long footage released on Wednesday begins with officers John Leach and Alan Hovis walking down the hall at 12:49 p.m.
Hall appears dazed and confused as officers question him about the 911 call he received about someone walking around Garland Road who appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The officers ask if she needs an ambulance, and she shakes her head no, but appears to say yes. She lies down on the ground when three fire rescue officers appear.
Hall was arrested by the officers when he suddenly began to take off his clothes in front of him. They arrested him and loaded him into the ambulance
Emergency officers took Hall to the Baylor University Medical Center emergency room, where he was pronounced dead at 2:05 p.m.
When Hall begins to cry and says he will be killed, one of the emergency officers tells him to calm down.
The officer told him, ‘No, we will not let you kill anyone.’ ‘We want to investigate you. Can we take you to the hospital?’
Hall then begins to involuntarily yell at the police and emergency officers, and tries to strip, leading officers to push him to the ground and arrest him.
‘Don’t touch me, you mom***ers… what ever did I do to you,’ Hall yells at officers waiting for paramedics to arrive.
They spit on her as she is loaded into an ambulance, the officers outside are seen laughing and joking about the situation.
Inside the ambulance Hall continues to scream as a paramedic and officer try to calm her down.
“Calm down before reaching the hospital so that they don’t have to tie you up like this,” the officer says. ‘Try to breathe, okay.’
Around 1:34 p.m., the paramedic and the officer notice that the hall has gone silent.
‘Sir can you speak to me,’ asked the officer, addressing him as a man.
Seeing that she is unresponsive, they remove the spit hood, and as they arrive at Baylor University Medical Center, the paramedic begins chest compressions.
Hall was pronounced dead at 2:05 pm after being taken to the emergency room