California to pay $24 million settlement to family of man who died after violent arrest

California will pay a $24 million civil rights settlement to the family of a man who died in police custody in March of 2020 after screaming "I can't breathe" as multiple officers restrained him while trying to take a blood sample, lawyers said Tuesday.

Seven California Highway Patrol officers and a nurse were charged with involuntary manslaughter earlier this year in connection with the death of 38-year-old Edward Bronstein.

Annee Della Donna and Eric Dubin, attorneys for Bronstein's young children, said it's 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. The attorneys scheduled a news conference in Los Angeles for Wednesday to provide details.