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By Taylor Stevens and Katie Donnelly
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
LAS VEGAS – Richard Ybanez always saw himself as his little brother’s protector.
Growing up as latchkey kids on Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific, he and Glenn spent their childhood mostly outdoors, tinkering with their bicycles and riding their skateboards. If anyone tried to pick on his brother, Richard had his back.
But Richard wasn’t there the morning a Las Vegas police officer pulled over Glenn Ybanez and his girlfriend after she allegedly failed to signal before switching lanes. Glenn, a former Army combat medic, who struggled after his return from Iraq, had two outstanding drug warrants. He tried to run from the traffic stop, according to the police report, but an officer tackled him before three onlookers piled on. Paramedics transported the unresponsive Glenn to the hospital, where he was found to have a small brain bleed and abrasions covering his body, the report said.
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