Brian Goldberg (Los Angeles Police Department).
In body camera footage and 911 audio narrated by the Los Angeles Police Department, a blood-splattered DUI suspect in California is seen biting at police who were escorting him at a hospital.
Brian Goldberg, 49, had been standing on his own two feet, although injured, when officers had arrived at the scene of the crash, but that day, March 1, ultimately escalated to him being put in handcuffs and surrounded by cops.
Officers had released the footage in light of the incident involving use of force in which an officer grabbed Goldberg’s neck.
According to cops, a bystander called 911 to say that a blue Prius ran a red light, causing a three-vehicle crash.
When police arrived, they handcuffed Goldberg on the sidewalk. An officer told him they suspected him of committing a DUI.
“Keep your hands off me,” said Goldberg, whose head showed splattered blood, apparently from the collision.
He refused to get in the police vehicle, plopped down on the ground, and immediately started yelling.
“My body hurts!” he said.
The struggle continued.
“This is not happening,” he said, as authorities urged him to get up. “You’re not arresting me.”
He was later quiet, and decidedly calmer, as fire department officials loaded him into an ambulance, but he lashed out at the hospital while on a gurney.
“Help!” he yelled. “Help me please!”
Police in a video statement described him as becoming aggressive.
“I’m feeling sick,” he said. “I’m going to throw up.”
They told him to relax.
“I’m dying,” he said.
“Brian, you’re not dying,” one answered.
Police continued to manhandle him, and put a towel over his mouth to over his face.
“You’re causing more problems for yourself,” an officer said
Goldberg finally agreed to sit up.
“I’ll do anything you want,” he said.
Prosecutors charged Goldberg with a count of felony DUI, two counts of reckless driving causing great bodily injury with a prior conviction, and two counts of resisting a police officer.
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