Erma Aldaba sits in her home, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the image of her son Johnny Leija, who died in hospital after a deadly encounter with the police, in Madill, Oklahoma, U.S. April 11, 2019. Picture taken April 11, 2019. To match Special Report USA-POLICE/IMMUNITY-SCOTUS. REUTERS/Andrew Chung
MADILL, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Sick with pneumonia, agitated and confused, Johnny Leija refused to return to his hospital room.
Moments later, with three police officers pinning him on the floor, Leija was dead at age 34.
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