For years she thought her son had died of an overdose. The police video changed all that

The frantic 911 call described a 23-year-old man suffering a seizure, foaming and shaking. When medics and police arrived, the tiny apartment in Bristol, Tennessee, became a chaotic scene. Karen Goodwin watched in fear, but she trusted that the police and paramedics were there to help her son, Hunter. He stopped breathing in the ambulance, a life cut suddenly short. For six years, Goodwin believed her son died of an overdose. But after she finally saw the police body-camera footage, her memories now conflict with stark images of restraint and force. In the aftermath, Goodwin has had her faith in police, paramedics and justice tested. The incomplete narrative of a young man’s death has changed those he left behind.