Suspect restrained with belt handcuffs after becoming violent in detention center, dies

Mmm! Sounds a bit fishy to me.

‘Wonder if there is any video of the events leading to this poor man’s demise

 said, "The detention was brief, and at this stage we believe our measures were appropriate.”

People died again in detention?

So nothing really change in Japan. No matter either foreigners

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/03/19/national/crime-legal/officials-faulted-in-death-of-ghanaian/

Or Japanese

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/12/09fca359a9b4-9-referred-to-prosecutors-on-detainees-death-at-japan-police-station.html

@sakurasiki

A comment which is pointless.

Maybe do some search to other countries prison systems.

@Albert

So you think people died during custody is acceptable for you, people life has no meaning at all?

An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death? any guesses?

saw one crossing the street , and he would not move over to let a cyclist pass although his group was walking 4 wide as usual, and the right side was blocked by a raised sidewalk type curb. The blocker's face was pure evillll, just looking to start some swine induced stuff. But cant touch these losers cause we dont want to catch a jn assault case.

It's a terrible thing to fall into the hands of their police station (detention centers)

Mmm! Sounds a bit fishy to me.

same here.

It's a terrible thing to fall into the hands of their police station (detention centers)

yup

Japan should reconsider it’s detention system as many episodes evidently show abuse of human rights.

An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death

Let's see

@Albert--a comparison would show death in detention is even higher elsewhere. The Fort Worth, Texas, jail has had 65 deaths since 2017, or one death every 1 or 2 months. Hard to imagine Osaka jails having anywhere near that astronomical number.

mountainpear...

Couldn't they have just put him in a cell until he calmed down?

Couldn't he just stop being a violent criminal?

Well let’s see. Never went to court, so never had a chance to prove his innocence. Could have been self-defense, you never know. He wasn’t in prison, he was in a police station. So innocent until proven guilty. As for tying up somebody who is already stressed, probably highly agitated and has high blood pressure (if that is indeed true) What do you think is going to happen to his blood pressure? You don’t need a medical degree to figure that out. So yes..they probably killed him. If he had been left alone in a cell to calm down he would probably still be alive. And remember, even if he was guilty of assault under Japanese law, husbands can be arrested for assault for throwing the newspaper at their wife (and vice versa) in this country. They don’t deserve to die in a police station.

And if you think I exaggerating,

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-hitting-wife-with-banana-peel-denies-it-can-be-called-domestic-abuse

How about this revolutionary idea: how about, I don't know, next time don't become violent with the cops, especially if you have hearth problems?

What did he expect to gain by becoming belligerent? That the police will suddenly bring him flowers and a cake, scared of the Superman him? And then let him go with their deepest apologies?

The article says he tried to grab at the officers. What does that mean? It doesn’t say hit. Perhaps he was trying to reach for a pencil or a pen from one of the policemen. Maybe he went to school with one of the police officers who used to beat him up at school because he was the school bully, or maybe the police officer had an affair with his wife. Maybe the police officer was trying to stick his hand up his bottom, looking for a hidden smartphone. Nobody knows what happened unless they were there, in that room or there is video footage of what happened.

The point is that restraining people is a Japanese police policy that results in unnecessary deaths.

The laws need to change in Japan when police are interrogating suspects there should be a lawyer present if it is truly a Democratic country and maybe these deaths will come to a halt.

So this is the part I don’t get or maybe don’t want to…

Six minutes later, a police officer who had been keeping watch over the man noticed something was wrong and called out to him, but there was no response.

Let me get this right a bunch of police officers restrain the guy six minutes before throw him in cell say to p1 you watch him walk off one officer is left to watch what’s he watching the guy die seriously this is so wrong on many levels

Mr Kipling Nov. 8 10:05 am JST

Couldn't he just stop being a violent criminal?

I could not say it better. The risk that something is going wrong, even deadly wrong, is with the criminal and not with the victim or with the police.