"The 25-minute video, shocking and violent in nature, is a time-synchronized compilation of surveillance camera and body-worn camera footage that shows the chase that preceded the fatal collision, the collision itself, and the aftermath. The footage shows Arnold Linaldi, a then-19-year-old driver, engaging in a sideshow at 42nd Avenue on June 25, 2022, then speeding away on International Boulevard with Oakland police officers Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel in hot pursuit."
"The video tracks the two speeding vehicles, the crash and its aftermath, including images of Soakai as he lies motionless on the ground, blood pooling around his head, as his injured mother calls his name, asking for help. The video shows the two officers inexplicably leaving the scene of the collision and not providing assistance."
"The video also appears to show, according to the Soakai family's attorneys, that the officers sought to obstruct accountability, including by turning off - or attempting to turn off - their body cameras. On Monday, the video was submitted in the U.S. District Court in Northern California as part of the discovery process, alongside hundreds of pages of transcripts of depositions with the cops and their supervising officers."
In June 2022, a 25-year-old airport worker named Lolomanai Soakai died on an Oakland sidewalk following an unauthorized police chase. Lawyers for his family released synchronized surveillance and body camera footage showing officers Walid Abdelaziz and Jimmy Marin-Coronel pursuing a 19-year-old driver engaged in a sideshow. The video documents the high-speed chase, the fatal collision, and its aftermath, including Soakai lying motionless with blood pooling around his head while his injured mother calls for help. The footage reveals the officers inexplicably leaving the scene without providing assistance and allegedly attempting to disable their body cameras. The video was submitted to U.S. District Court as part of discovery in the civil lawsuit Estate of Soakai v. City of Oakland, supporting arguments for a jury trial.
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