{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Magdaleno supporters decry police violence, call for mental health services","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":389,"description":"April 5, 2021 — A little over a dozen people marched on Civic Center in Ukiah Saturday, calling for an end to police brutality and more mental health services in the wake of Gerardo Magdaleno’s beating at the hands of Ukiah police officers. On April first, Magdaleno, a schizophrenic bipolar man, took some non-prescription drugs after running out of his psychiatric medications. He was wandering nude on south state street when an encounter with Ukiah Police Officers escalated into officers tear-gassing, Tasing, kicking, and punching Magdaleno multiple times in the head. Videos began circulating online almost immediately. Magdelano was taken to jail after a medical clearance, but returned to the hospital the next morning. By Saturday night, he was at home with his family after his sister posted bail. He was charged with public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia, and felony resisting or threatening an officer.\r\nEarly Saturday afternoon, protesters broke out signs similar to the ones they carried during last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death beneath the knee of now-former Minnneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. \r\n At the head of the procession in Ukiah was Josie Ann Zolata Batiste, expertly steering her daughter Odessa’s red wagon through the construction on State Street.\r\n“There’s no reason for violence, there’s no reason for two, three, four, five cops on one person,” she said. “I’m pretty much disgusted. And sad. It’s scary to have a daughter, it’s scary to be Latin...I love Ukiah, and I’ll never stop sticking up for Ukiah, but I feel like we’re spiraling out of control as well as the rest of the country.”\r\nShy, who witnessed part of the incident, came from Philo to participate in the march. “I put it together once I saw the videos,” they said. “I thought perhaps he was sick because I saw the firefighter and thought that he was getting care and was concerned because of the amount of police cars, and seeing the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}