Friday 10 June 2022 05:58 PM Horrifying footage shows arrest of black, transgender woman put in a spit hood ... trends now
Dallas police are under investigation for the death of a black, transgender woman who died in the back of an ambulance after cops arrested her and put her in a spit hood.
Shocking bodycam footage from the arrest show police approach LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall, 47, on 26 May after getting calls that she might be intoxicated in public.
Hall initially appeared scared and confused as she cooperates with police and begins to cry, but then she became agitated.
She started taking off her clothes and falls over as officers proceeded to pin her to the ground and arrest her.
Officers place a spit hood on Hall, a device used to prevent someone from biting or spitting at a cop, as she's loaded into the ambulance but appears to be struggling for air.
Thirty minutes later, Hall is pronounced dead in an emergency room.
It took nearly two weeks for the department to report Hall's death, the cause of which has yet to be determined.
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LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall, 47, (pictured) died on May 26 after police arrested her, put a spit hood over her head, and load her into an ambulance as she screamed at them
Hall, a transgender woman, took off her wig and was stripping when police arrested her. They believed she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol
The officers placed a spit hood on Hall as they loaded her into the ambulance. She was yelling during the entire ordeal before suddenly falling silent
After finding her unresponsive, a paramedic performed chest compressions to try and resuscitate her. She died about 30 minutes later in the hospital
Deputy Chief Terrance Rhodes said the case was under review by the Dallas Police Special Investigation Unit. Police are still waiting for a toxicology report.
When asked by Dallas Morning News as to why it took 13 days to report the death, police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman said the department needed time to show the footage to Hall's
