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Death of Beto Laudisio
Roberto Laudisio Curti (died 18 March 2012), known as Beto Laudisio, was a 21-year-old man from São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 18 March 2012 after being pursued, tackled, tasered, sprayed with OC spray, and physically compressed under the weight of multiple police officers of the New South Wales Police Force in Sydney, Australia.
On the evening of 17 March 2012 (St Patrick's Day), along with two friends, Roberto Laudisio Curti consumed a quantity of LSD, which caused him to suffer from acute psychosis, manifesting as an array of delusional and paranoid behaviours. It also caused him to suffer from elevated body temperature, prompting him to eventually remove most of his clothes.
After calling his sister with whom he was staying and asking her "why are you trying to kill me?" at 04:31, he got into a taxicab and left the vehicle without paying between 04:45 and 05:21. Curti then got into a fight with four unidentified men in Sydney central business district (CBD) before entering a convenience store on King St. There, he informed the manager that people were trying to kill him, and that he was "a messenger from God". He left the store and then entered it a second time, forced himself into a cashier's cubicle by jumping over the door, scrambled across the counter, took two packets of biscuits and left.
A street-cleaner who saw this taking place inside the store called 000 and reported the incident, which was classified as an "armed robbery" following NSW police Standard Operating Procedures, although no weapons had been seen. Curti was spotted by police on Pitt St, who attempted to question him about the robbery. Curti ran away from them, prompting the police to give chase. While attempting to subdue him, tasers were discharged in probe mode a number of times, although all but one appear to have missed or malfunctioned.
During a struggle on the ground, tasers were used in drive-stun mode 7 times, and "at least some of the contents of each of three cans" of OC spray was discharged at Curti's face. He was also being compressed under the weight of multiple police officers lying or pressing down on his upper body. At approx. 06:11:40, he suddenly stopped struggling and became quiet, and officers noticed he had stopped breathing. Officers commenced CPR and called the Ambulance Service of NSW to attend the scene, but on the arrival of the latter Curti was pronounced life extinct. An autopsy could not determine a direct cause of death.
During the inquest, the cause of death was also not determined. Five causes of death were, however, specifically ruled out:
Causes of death which were considered possible by some of the experts included:
State Coroner of New South Wales Mary Jerram opined that "Roberto’s death clearly arose from complex and multi-factorial causes, with no confirmed single identifiable cause. Nevertheless, it is impossible to believe that he would have died but for the actions of police. All of the medical experts agreed that his death was not coincidental."
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Death of Beto Laudisio
Roberto Laudisio Curti (died 18 March 2012), known as Beto Laudisio, was a 21-year-old man from São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 18 March 2012 after being pursued, tackled, tasered, sprayed with OC spray, and physically compressed under the weight of multiple police officers of the New South Wales Police Force in Sydney, Australia.
On the evening of 17 March 2012 (St Patrick's Day), along with two friends, Roberto Laudisio Curti consumed a quantity of LSD, which caused him to suffer from acute psychosis, manifesting as an array of delusional and paranoid behaviours. It also caused him to suffer from elevated body temperature, prompting him to eventually remove most of his clothes.
After calling his sister with whom he was staying and asking her "why are you trying to kill me?" at 04:31, he got into a taxicab and left the vehicle without paying between 04:45 and 05:21. Curti then got into a fight with four unidentified men in Sydney central business district (CBD) before entering a convenience store on King St. There, he informed the manager that people were trying to kill him, and that he was "a messenger from God". He left the store and then entered it a second time, forced himself into a cashier's cubicle by jumping over the door, scrambled across the counter, took two packets of biscuits and left.
A street-cleaner who saw this taking place inside the store called 000 and reported the incident, which was classified as an "armed robbery" following NSW police Standard Operating Procedures, although no weapons had been seen. Curti was spotted by police on Pitt St, who attempted to question him about the robbery. Curti ran away from them, prompting the police to give chase. While attempting to subdue him, tasers were discharged in probe mode a number of times, although all but one appear to have missed or malfunctioned.
During a struggle on the ground, tasers were used in drive-stun mode 7 times, and "at least some of the contents of each of three cans" of OC spray was discharged at Curti's face. He was also being compressed under the weight of multiple police officers lying or pressing down on his upper body. At approx. 06:11:40, he suddenly stopped struggling and became quiet, and officers noticed he had stopped breathing. Officers commenced CPR and called the Ambulance Service of NSW to attend the scene, but on the arrival of the latter Curti was pronounced life extinct. An autopsy could not determine a direct cause of death.
During the inquest, the cause of death was also not determined. Five causes of death were, however, specifically ruled out:
Causes of death which were considered possible by some of the experts included:
State Coroner of New South Wales Mary Jerram opined that "Roberto’s death clearly arose from complex and multi-factorial causes, with no confirmed single identifiable cause. Nevertheless, it is impossible to believe that he would have died but for the actions of police. All of the medical experts agreed that his death was not coincidental."