BRENTWOOD – Family and friends of Yolanda Ramirez, a 72-year-old Brentwood resident who went unconscious in the back of a police car and days later died at the hospital, are demanding transparency and accountability from the city and its police department.

Richie Ramirez, her son, said it was a “shame” that the Brentwood Police Department took more than a month to publicly address an incident that occurred on Sept. 26.

Speaking at a Brentwood City Council special meeting Wednesday, Richie Ramirez questioned discrepancies in a statement issued by the police department on Nov. 5, claiming it was “full of contradictions.”

He denied that his mother was placed under citizen’s arrest following a call from his aunt, nor that his mother had attempted to flee from police when they arrived on sce

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