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ItsjustMe

(11,227 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:00 PM Mar 2022

Recently unsealed video shows California man screaming 'I can't breathe' before dying in police ...

Recently unsealed video shows California man screaming 'I can't breathe' before dying in police custody after 2020 traffic stop

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/17/us/california-edward-bronstein-police-custody-death-video/index.html


A federal judge has unsealed a video taken by the California Highway Patrol that captures the death of Edward Bronstein, a 38-year-old man who was in their custody following a March 2020 traffic stop in Los Angeles County.

Bronstein is heard repeatedly telling officers, "I can't breathe," while pinned on the ground.
Those three words would tug at the world's conscience less than two months later when repeated by George Floyd before his death while being restrained by Minneapolis police.

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Recently unsealed video shows California man screaming 'I can't breathe' before dying in police ... (Original Post) ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP
They killed that man ..murdered him Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #1
Yes, and the coroner went along with them by saying he died... brush Mar 2022 #2
They knew they had to keep video under wraps Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #3
Yep, after Eric Garner, but before George Floyd. brush Mar 2022 #4
Too many I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #5
Giving them power over people, and a badge and gun is certainly a problem. brush Mar 2022 #8
There are tests I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #9
Found some photos and some of the video of Mr. Bronstein: Judi Lynn Mar 2022 #6
'I Can't Breathe': Video Shows Death of Handcuffed Man in CHP Custody ItsjustMe Mar 2022 #7
March 2020? Two years...? Grins Mar 2022 #10
Floyd was May 25, 2020 NickB79 Mar 2022 #12
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2022 #11

brush

(53,743 posts)
2. Yes, and the coroner went along with them by saying he died...
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:15 PM
Mar 2022

as a result of acute methamphetamine poisoning. They all work together to cover up killings.

We've got to get smarter cops who are not obsessed with being obeyed and who can use common sense...do not put your knees on someone's back and press all your fucking weigh on them while they keep saying "I can't breathe."

Too many stupid cops on police forces. Require at least an associates degree. It's a job which puts peoples' lives in cops hands. We should not continue to give bullying jerks with a power obsession that power over us.

brush

(53,743 posts)
4. Yep, after Eric Garner, but before George Floyd.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:36 PM
Mar 2022

If the video had been released maybe the George Floyd death wouldn't have happened.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
5. Too many
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:47 PM
Mar 2022

Narcissists,authoritarians and psychopaths in all the police forces and people enable these toxic fuckers.

I profoundly hate toxic people and wish they were all dead. Including the sociopath,narcissist and authoritarian cops.

We got to get these personality types OUT of any position that gives them power over others.

Fuckem. Because they live to abuse,grift and bully ,kill,basically destroy as many people they can get away with.

Imho,they are unworthy of life because of who they are and what they do. If you dont like that,lock them away once they show a pattern of abuse.

brush

(53,743 posts)
8. Giving them power over people, and a badge and gun is certainly a problem.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:40 PM
Mar 2022

Wish there was some kind of psychological test that can be used in police training to identify these extreme misfits before they kill someone. Then we can put them in the military.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
9. There are tests
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 07:43 PM
Mar 2022

But the psychopaths and thier enablers will make sure the tests never happen.

Narcissists,sociopaths and authoritarians fear their normal guy mask being taken off. Because than we would know the kind of people they really are. And tests would reveal who they are.

Tests that are used now can detect sociopathy in 3 year olds.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935116/

Dark triad test

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1073191113514105

Judi Lynn

(160,450 posts)
6. Found some photos and some of the video of Mr. Bronstein:
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:25 PM
Mar 2022

‘I can’t breathe’: Chilling video shows death of California man pinned down by cops
By Yaron Steinbuch
March 17, 2022 2:04pm

Harrowing video has emerged of a California DUI suspect who died after screaming “I can’t breathe!” while being held down by cops – less than two months before George Floyd uttered the same haunting words to police in Minneapolis.

Edward Bronstein, 38, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence by California Highway Patrol Officer Dusty Osmanson after a traffic stop on the 5 Freeway on March 31, 2020, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The suspect was taken to the CHP’s Altadena station, where officers tried forcibly to draw his blood to measure his alcohol level, but he reportedly refused.

The 16-minute video captured by a sergeant shows Bronstein kneeling on the ground while an officer presses his hands onto his shoulders while another officer, who is off camera, orders him to comply with a court-ordered blood draw.

. . .



More:
https://nypost.com/2022/03/17/video-shows-death-of-california-man-while-held-down-by-cops/

NickB79

(19,224 posts)
12. Floyd was May 25, 2020
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 08:20 PM
Mar 2022

So two months before Floyd, but took two years to unseal.

I bet there are dozens of murders like this on police cams we'll never see either.

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