{"id":113020,"date":"2023-03-29T21:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=113020"},"modified":"2023-03-29T21:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T04:34:19","slug":"six-chp-officers-sergeant-and-nurse-charged-in-mans-2020-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2023\/03\/29\/six-chp-officers-sergeant-and-nurse-charged-in-mans-2020-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Six CHP officers, sergeant and nurse charged in man&#8217;s 2020 death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybWJe6G5guc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A California Highway Patrol sergeant and six CHP officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault under the color of authority in the 2020 death of a man who was restrained after refusing to have his blood drawn following a traffic stop on the Golden State (5) Freeway, Los Angeles County District Attorney <strong>George Gasc\u00f3n<\/strong> announced on Wednesday, March 29.<\/p>\n<p>The charges stem from the March 2020 death of 38-year-old <strong>Edward Bronstein<\/strong>, who can be heard on video repeatedly screaming, &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe!&#8221; while in a nearby CHP parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These officers had a legal duty to Mr. Bronstein. He was in their custody. We believe that they failed their duty and their failure was criminally negligent, causing his death,&#8221; Gasc\u00f3n said at a news conference announcing the charges.<\/p>\n<p>A registered nurse, <strong>Arbi Baghalian<\/strong>, 42, was also charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter and could face a maximum of four years in prison, according to Gasc\u00f3n.\u00a0An arraignment date has not yet been set for Sgt. <strong>Michael Little<\/strong>, 57; <strong>Dionisio Fiorella<\/strong>, 39; <strong>Dustin Osmanson<\/strong>, 41; <strong>Darren Parsons<\/strong>, 48; <strong>Diego Romero<\/strong>, 35; <strong>Justin Silva<\/strong>, 30; and<strong> Marciel Terry<\/strong>, 32. They could each face up to four years and eight months in state prison if convicted as charged, according to Gasc\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n noted that Bronstein initially declined to have his blood drawn following the freeway stop on suspicion of driving under the influence and that an 18-minute video recorded by a CHP sergeant shows an officer warning him that if he didn&#8217;t comply, he would be going &#8220;face down on the mat and we&#8217;re going to keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The video shows several officers restraining Mr. Bronstein who is handcuffed and face down on the mat &#8230;,&#8221; Gasc\u00f3n said. &#8220;What ensued is difficult to watch and hear as Mr. Bronstein pleads for his life. A group of officers holds him down and presses their knees on his legs and neck as he repeatedly promises them that he will comply. One officer responds, &#8216;It&#8217;s too late.&#8217; Mr. Bronstein screams, &#8216;I can&#8217;t breathe!&#8217; over and over and pleads for help while officers continue to restrain him and even demanding that he stop yelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bronstein was &#8220;unresponsive&#8221; and officers held him down as a medical professional draws a vial of blood from him, and a second vial of blood was collected as he was &#8220;laying so lifelessly that the officers no longer need to hold him down because he&#8217;s dying as they&#8217;re watching,&#8221; Gasc\u00f3n said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When they turn him over six minutes after his last scream, he is completely lifeless,&#8221; Gasc\u00f3n said. &#8220;More than 13 minutes after Mr. Bronstein last screamed, they began CPR but are unsuccessful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California Highway Patrol sergeant and six CHP officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter and assault under the color of authority in the 2020 death of a man who was restrained after refusing to have his blood drawn following a traffic stop on the Golden State (5) Freeway, Los Angeles County District Attorney George [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":113021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113023,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113020\/revisions\/113023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}