Six Against One. Unarmed Black Man Beaten to Death by Riverside County Cops after he allegedly Refused to Get Out of Car @ Burger King

From [HERE] and [HERE] Raymond Johnson, 41, was confronted by six or seven Riverside County Sheriff's deputies at 6 p.m. on Friday in the drive-thru exit at a Burger King in Moreno Valley. Investigators told ABC 7 that Johnson was agitated and throwing food and money in and out of the car, and he refused to get out of the car.

Johnson died Friday night, Oct. 11, after he struggled with police and was handcuffed and placed under arrest. ABC 7 obtained video of the struggle that saw six or seven deputies try to get Johnson out of the car while hitting him with what looked like a baton and kicking him. It also appeared that deputies were jumping up and down on Johnson.

Witness Daniel Calderon, who was working nearby, recorded the incident on his cellphone video, KABC-TV said, “We were working and next thing you know we hear yelling and struggling,”  Calderon told the station. “You know, 6 or 7 cops on one guy,” said Calderon.

Johnson died at the hospital. The coroner will determine the cause of death (white supremacy/racism) including if drugs or alcohol were involved.

When police arrived, they found Johnson in his car blocking the drive-thru of the restaurant in the 23000 block of Hemlock Avenue. Police officers said they tried to talk to Johnson and told him to get out of the car, according to a Riverside County sheriff’s statement.

An employee of the Burger King said Johnson wasn’t moving his car from the drive-thru window after he received the chocolate milkshake he ordered.

“His eyes were glassy, like he was under the influence or mentally ill,” said the woman, who declined to use her name because she said she feared police retaliation. “It was kind of a nervous look, not that he was going to do anything to us, but that he knew he was supposed to move but his body and mind weren’t working right.”

Johnson was moving the gear selector but he never got it into drive to move the car, she said.

He then started trying to take his seat belt off.

“He was acting like his seat belt was choking him,” the woman said. “He was trying to pull it off like he didn’t know he could push the buckle to take it off.”

The woman then saw Johnson start shaking and watched some type of white liquid come out of Johnson’s nose. It was unclear whether it was the whipped cream from the milkshake that he had ordered, she said.

As Johnson was shaking, he threw the milkshake against the closed passenger window of the car and then threw coins out the open driver-side window, she said.

By this time, the general manager of the restaurant had sent two employees out to push the car out of the drive-thru area, the employee said. A customer helped them.

After the car was pushed, Johnson walked out of his car and sat on a nearby curb with his head down for a few minutes before returning to his vehicle, the employee said. After that, police arrived, she said.

The woman did not see what happened when police arrived but saw medical responders try to revive Johnson – who was not moving – by pumping his chest, the woman said.

The woman said she had seen Johnson at Burger King at least twice, and other employees had seen him a number of other times.

“He was always polite,” the employee said.

A cause of death has not been determined. The death is being investigated by the Riverside County sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit.

Rivas described her son as having “the biggest heart there ever was. He would take in anybody. He would take the shirt off his back to make sure they’re OK.”

Johnson had four kids from two marriages – he was also raising a child of Lawanda Johnson’s from a previous relationship – and a grandson, Rivas said. He had worked as a plumber, she added.

A candlelight vigil was held for Johnson on Saturday night outside the Burger King, said community activist Esther Grant of Moreno Valley.

“The community is in an uproar,” she said.