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Yolanda Ramirez Death Ruled Accidental | Oakland News
A coroner’s inquest has ruled the death of 72-year-old Yolanda Ramirez as an accident — a verdict that could still hold officers accountable. Arrested after an argument with her sister, Ramirez died a week later after allegedly being shoved into a police car, hitting her head, and left alone for 20 minutes before collapsing. Body cam footage, now central to the case, shows her barely conscious and later succumbing to a brain bleed. Her family’s second autopsy — funded by the Colin Kaepernick Foundation — contradicted an earlier “natural causes” ruling, pointing to arrest-related injuries…
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