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California to pay $24M settlement for man's death in police custody

California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of Edward Bronstein, a man who died in police custody after being restrained by multiple officers while trying to take a blood sample. Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year. Bronstein's death echoes that of Eric Garner, a New Yorker put in a chokehold by police in 2014 and whose dying words "I can't breathe" became a chant in protests against racial injustice.

via NBC News|

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California Settles for Millions in Deaths of Men in Police Custody

California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of Edward Bronstein, who died in police custody after multiple officers restrained him while trying to take a blood sample. Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year. Bronstein's death was caused by "acute methamphetamine intoxication during restraint by law enforcement." The settlement is the largest civil rights settlement of its kind by the state of California and the second largest nationally since the city of Minneapolis paid $27 million in the George Floyd case.

via The Associated Press|

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California to pay $24M settlement for man's in-custody death.

California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of Edward Bronstein, who died in police custody after screaming "I can't breathe" as multiple officers restrained him while trying to take a blood sample. Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year in connection with Bronstein's death. The settlement is the largest civil rights settlement of its kind by the state of California and the second largest nationally since the city of Minneapolis paid $27 million in the George Floyd case.

via KABC-TV|

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