There's much more COVID news still to come, but first, the story of a gay man found dead; his last days clouded by controversy and ridicule.
Tonight, the family of 25-year-old Ulysease Roca, a resident of Willows Bank Village, is grieving his sudden passing. They are also pointing fingers at the police for allegedly playing a role in his demise.
He found dead yesterday by a relative, and at this time, his loved-ones don't know what caused his health to take such a sudden turn for the worse. They do concede, however, that Roca was an HIV-positive patient, and both he and his family members have alleged that about 2 weeks ago, he was beaten while he was in custody for breaking the 8 p.m.
That's bad enough, but police are also coming under fire for recording Roca on a personal cellphone, while he was in custody. So now, the cops have 2 allegations of abuse of authority that they must address.
“The neighbors who were close to him could explain. Where he lived, he was stigmatized for being feminine. Where he lived, his parents were not exactly mentally there. Where he lived, because of his dark skin that did not help and where he lived he was poor. So it’s an intersectional issue of ethnicity, of economic standing, of sexuality, of mental health and when you have so much things against you, something has to go wrong badly. He died from a lack of empathy.”
Our news team has been following the case for most of today, and Daniel Ortiz put together this report