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'I can't breathe': Oklahoma City police release video after 2019 in-custody death of asthmatic man
OKLAHOMA CITY - Body camera footage released on June 8 shows a fatal 2019 encounter involving Oklahoma City police and 42-year-old Derrick Scott, who told officers “I can’t breathe,” as police pinned him to the ground.In the footage, which was filmed by police body cams during the May 20, 2019 arrest, three officers can be seen restraining Scott, who was asthmatic, as he repeatedly asks for his medicine and says he can’t breathe. The footage features one officer saying, “I don’t care,” while another says, “You can breathe just fine.”Police said they recovered a handgun from Scott’s pants pocket during the arrest.