Civil rights attorney John Burris filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, and said that although the lawsuit seeks monetary damages, the family's main priority is to clarify the events that led to their son's death. Martin was an Oakland native who earned Pro Bowl honors as a running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He finished his career with the then-Oakland Raiders in 2018.
Police had received two about calls about two incidents early that morning, one involving a man who needed help and another involving a man breaking into a house several doors from the location of the first call. Martin was the subject of both calls.
Police then turned Martin on his side and found him unresponsive. The suit claims that the involved officers believed he was sleeping or pretending to be asleep at first, and that after Martin continued to be unresponsive, an officer requested medical assistance.
Leslie Martin said her son had been experiencing mental and emotional difficulties at the time of his death, but was physically healthy, making the circumstances of his death difficult for her to comprehend, according to the complaint.
The prevalence of CTE among living NFL players is unknown, as CTE can only be definitively diagnosed after death. A 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center found CTE in 345 of 376 deceased former NFL players who had their brains analyzed. In comparison, CTE among the larger population is rare. A 2018 study of 164 brains donated by male and female participants, one of the 164 had CTE, with the lone case was a former college football player.CBS News Bay Area was attempting to reach out to the Oakland Police Department and Falck Northern California for comment on the lawsuit.
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