Qualified Immunity, Excessive police force and brutality hide behind a doctrine that is rooted in white supremacy, devalues PoC lives By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— What began as a pulmonary-related hospitalization abruptly ended a patient’s life after a struggle with police took place in an Oklahoma hospital’s hall.
His name was Johnny Leija. He was a Latinx man. Leija, hospitalized for pneumonia was confused and agitated as he paced the hospital’s hall, Reuters reported.
When he refused to go back to his room, the officers shot Leija with a stun gun and proceeded to “follow him down a corridor, shocked him again, and wrestled him to the floor,” the report found, which was also corroborated by the hospital’s video surveillance. “One officer.