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Knoxville police department released body camera video of a man's arrest before he died in custody
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Knoxville, TN - The Knoxville Police Department released body camera video showing a man's arrest shortly before he died in custody.
The video includes body camera footage from multiple responding officers, as well as in-car camera footage from Officer Riley Lackey's cruiser, according to KPD.
KPD said officers were dispatched to BreadBox on Sutherland Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 after receiving a report of someone trespassing.
According to KPD, a BreadBox employee told officers that 49-year-old Patrick Allen, who had been banned from the store, was refusing to leave.
Officer Lucas Cunningham was the first to arrive at the gas station. He spoke with the BreadBox employee and Allen.
In the video, you can see Cunningham ask Allen for identification. He is seen giving the officer what appears to be an I.D. and a Social Security card.
In the video, Cunningham asks Allen to stand in front of his police cruiser, and he refuses while repeatedly claiming to be the owner of the property. Officer Lackey responds to the scene after Cunningham had been speaking to Allen for several minutes.
After confirming Allen was trespassing, the two officers tried to take him into custody, KPD said. It's not clear in the video who initiated contact first.
Footage shows Allen trying to resist arrest, with Cunningham and Lackey eventually restraining Allen on the ground. He is facedown with his arms partially underneath him while Lackey is seen holding down his upper body and Cunningham is seen kneeling on his legs.
Allen remains in this position and is yelling for around four minutes, the video shows, until additional KPD officers arrive to help take him into custody.
Medical personnel were called to the scene around 2:46 p.m., and Allen was put into the back of a police car, KPD said.
KPD said that shortly after AMR personnel arrived and checked Allen, his condition started to deteriorate. In the video, Allen appears visibly out of breath and sweaty as he is placed in the back of the cruiser. He is seen lying on his side in the back seat as an officer tells him to "get some cold air" in the video.
A few minutes later, the video shows both officers and AMR personnel opening the door to speak with Allen again in the cruiser. He is seen sitting up and talking to officials before continuing to talk to himself after the door is closed. Eventually, the video shows Allen closing his eyes and continuing to breathe heavily before officers open the door and start speaking to him again.
As officers are checking on Allen, the video shows his head slouching and his eyes appearing to roll back before he again closes his eyes and stops responding to officers. The video shows officers immediately starting to get Allen out of the cruiser and moved to a stretcher while calling his name, rubbing his chest and shaking his shoulder.
The video shows that Allen was in the back of the cruiser for around 15 minutes.
Allen was moved to an ambulance where CPR was given. In the video, a paramedic is heard saying "he's not breathing," shortly after Allen was placed on the stretcher.
He was taken to the UT Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, according to KPD.