Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse have been charged in the 2020 death of a man who was held down and complained he couldn’t breathe.
who was held down and complained he couldn’t breathe, Los Angeles County’s district attorney said Wednesday.
The eight people charged were identified as Sgt. Michael Little; Officers Dionisio Fiorella, Dustin Osmanson, Darren Parsons, Diego Romero, Justin Silva and Marciel Terry; and registered nurse Arbi Baghalian.Gascón called an 18-minute video of the incident, which was shown at a news conference Wednesday, “difficult to watch and hear as Mr. Bronstein pleads for his life.”
As officers move to restrain him, Bronstein says “I’ll do it willingly” repeatedly and screams as several officers hold him down. He is told “too late,” the video shows. Gascón said that “these officers had a legal duty to Mr. Bronstein” and that he was in their custody. The charged CHP officers face a maximum of four years and eight months in prison if convicted, and the nurse faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison if convicted, Gascón said.
CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee extended his condolences to Bronstein’s family in a statement Wednesday.
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