Honoring Angelo Quinto: 1-Year Vigil: Thur 12/23/21

Jonjo Wednesday, December 08, 2021

SAVE THE DATE: Thurs 12/23/21

Join us in honoring Angelo for a 1-Year Anniv Vigil in the East Bay or via livestream. More details to come. Share photos & memories on the virtual scrapbook padlet.com/leadfilipino/J4AQ.

SAVE THE DATE: Thurs 12/23/21—Join us in honoring Angelo for a 1-Year Anniv Vigil in the East Bay or via livestream. More details to come. Share photos & memories on the virtual scrapbook https://t.co/whoZkkVvd2 by 12/23.#JusticeForAngeloQuinto💙 #RespectPeaceAndJusticeForAll pic.twitter.com/99RfmHyVYE
— Justice for Angelo Quinto (@justice4angelo) December 2, 2021

Today’s a historic moment. Thank you to Governor @GavinNewsom for signing my bill #AB490 which would ban law enforcement from using restraints that cause positional asphyxia. We will never stop saying his name, #JusticeforAngeloQuinto. https://t.co/NiNFHHMZjA
— Asm. Mike A. Gipson (@AsmMikeGipson) September 30, 2021

ABC NEWS: In December, the family of Angelo Quinto called police as he was suffering a mental health crisis. They say officers allegedly knelt on Quinto’s neck for several minutes, and he died three days later.

The Killing of Angelo Quinto

Angelo Quinto (March 10, 1990 – December 26, 2020)^[1] was a 30-year-old Asian-American Navy veteran who died on December 26, 2020, from complications after being knelt on the neck by a police officer three days earlier. Prior to the encounter, police were responding to a call that Quinto was suffering from a mental health crisis.^[2] On February 18, 2021, Quinto's family and their lawyer, John Burris, filed a complaint against the Antioch Police Department.^[3]