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7 Mass. officers won't face criminal charges for using restraint on man
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— The seven officers involved in the death of a 43-year-old man who became unresponsive and died as police tried to restrain him in a Boston suburb will not face criminal charges, Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker announced Tuesday.
However, video captured by witnesses showed several officers holding Gigliotti face down.
Other video obtained by Boston’s NBC10 showed Gigliotti falling onto the sidewalk as he left a store, then hitting his head on a parked car and weaving into traffic.
Instead, Tucker said that video and interviews showed that officers initially attempted to help Gigliotti when they found him walking erratically around traffic.
When he became unresponsive, officers “tried Narcan, they initiated CPR, and at some point, the EMS crew took over,” Tucker said.