2 Ohio Officers Charged After Death of Black Man Who Pleaded, ‘I Can’t Breathe’ [Video]

Two police officers in Canton, Ohio, have been indicted by a grand jury on reckless homicide charges in the death of a Black man who died in April after being restrained by police and telling officers he couldn’t breathe, authorities said.

Officers Camden Burch and Beau Schoenegge, both 24, were booked into the Stark County Jail on Friday, Nov. 1, local outlets WKYC and WOIO report, citing jail records. 

Stark County prosecutor Kyle L. Stone announced the indictments at a press conference on Nov. 2, saying he presented the findings of an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation probe into Tyson’s death to a grand jury last week. 

The indictments come about six months after Frank E. Tyson, a 53-year-old East Canton, Ohio, resident, died in police custody on April 18, reads a press release from attorney Bobby DiCello, who is representing the Tyson family. 

DiCello said Tyson was handcuffed and restrained with a …