{"id":724372,"date":"2026-06-25T03:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724372\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T03:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:38:09","slug":"doug-martins-parents-sue-oakland-for-wrongful-death-alleging-police-used-excessive-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724372\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Martin’s parents sue Oakland for wrongful death, alleging police used excessive force"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NFL running back Doug Martin died last October, after becoming unresponsive in the custody of Oakland, California police. Martin\u2019s parents are now suing Oakland over Martin\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n

Via the San Francisco Chronicle, Martin\u2019s parents filed a wrongful-death action<\/a> in federal court on Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges that Oakland police used excessive force while detaining Martin. <\/p>\n

The paramedic company, Falck Northern California, also was named as a defendant. Martin\u2019s parents contends that first responders took too long to respond and failed to provide proper care.<\/p>\n

Attorney John Burris told the Chronicle that an independent pathologist has concluded Martin likely died from \u201crestrained asphyxia,\u201d due to officers allegedly pushing his face into the floor and pressing on his back.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019d like to think that when police are called to a situation for somebody who is having a mental breakdown, the person doesn\u2019t wind up dead,\u201d Burris said.<\/p>\n

Burris added that the official autopsy and toxicology report have not been released by the Alameda County coroner. Burris said he hopes the lawsuit will compel the authorities to disclose the information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing here is to find out what happened,\u201d Burris said. \u201cIt\u2019s not knowing that\u2019s the difficult part for [Martin\u2019s family].\u201d<\/p>\n

A first-round pick in 2012, Martin played six years for the Buccaneers and one for the Raiders. He was a two-time Pro Bowler and a first-team All-Pro in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL running back Doug Martin died last October, after becoming unresponsive in the custody of Oakland, California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-724372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}