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'Restrained and Sedated' series with Joel Umanzor

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Petronila Fernandes is still searching for answers about how and why her brother died after a violent struggle with Richmond police during which he was sedated by an American Medical Response paramedic.
Maurice Tierney for Richmondside
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With permission from Richmondside
Petronila Fernandes is still searching for answers about how and why her brother died after a violent struggle with Richmond police during which he was sedated by an American Medical Response paramedic.

Jose Luis Lopez was a construction worker in Richmond who had an encounter with the police in 2020. Today we hear an investigation into his story and other police involved deaths in Contra Costa County.

Then, how a difficult moment helped lead a young girl to become herself. And, we’ll board an aircraft carrier in Alameda that many people say…is haunted.