"The new video compilation, portions of which you can see below and all of which can be seen here, shows Linaldi's car in surveillance video, and side-by-side images then show bodycam footage from inside the OPD squad car being driven by Abdelaziz as he and his partner begin chasing Linaldi at high speed, without their lights or siren on."
"In the footage, we hear Abdelaziz ask, 'Did he 901?' referring to the crash. His partner responds, 'Can't tell.' Abdelaziz says, 'Well then let's go back,' and then, apparently able to see the scene, Marin-Coronel says, 'Oh he did, huh? He smacked the fuck out of that truck.'"
"We then hear Abdelaziz say, 'Man, listen. I wouldn't mind going over there. Hopefully he's fucking dead.' And the compilation also shows the crash itself when Linaldi slammed into a parked vehicle by a taco stand at International and 54th Avenue in surveillance video, as well as the bodycam footage of the aftermath, including Soakai wailing over the body of her son, lying on the sidewalk."
On June 26, 2022, Oakland police officers Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel initiated a high-speed chase of a 19-year-old driver performing donuts without activating their lights or siren. The chase ended when the driver's vehicle crashed into a parked truck near a taco stand, killing 28-year-old Lolomanaia Soakai who was nearby. Bodycam footage presented in court shows the officers making callous remarks about the crash, including expressing hope that the driver was dead. The officers, both rookies at the time, were removed from duty and subsequently resigned in March. The family filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the officers and the city of Oakland, with the video compilation serving as key evidence.
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