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LAPD releases harrowing footage of Jose Carlos Hoyos-Munoz’s final moments in custody, showing repeated physical restraint, knee strikes, and a spit hood — all amid a broader crisis of police response to mental health emergencies. Arrested after an eight-hour standoff where he allegedly stabbed relatives, Hoyos-Munoz died days later despite officers reporting he was breathing for 20 minutes post-restraint. Mayor Karen Bass calls the video “incredibly difficult to watch,” linking it to systemic failures in handling behavioral health crises and announcing an executive directive for an independent review of police-involved deaths and injuries — with a focus on training, policy reform, and expanding civilian crisis response teams.

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