In December 2020, 30-year old Angelo Quinto died after an encounter with Antioch police. His family says that, after calling 911 for help, they witnessed officers using a knee-to-neck restraint, causing Quinto to die of asphyxiation in the hospital days later.
In August, a coronerâs inquest for Contra Costa County declared Quintoâs death an accident. But the inquest process itself had some significant red flags â and it has left Quintoâs family and many other Antioch residents feeling like that process is rigged.
Guest: Sandhya Dirks, race and equity reporter for KQED
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