Death of a Colorado man who died during a meeting with a psychiatric team ruled a homicide

Startling footage shows the moment a Colorado man suffering from an episode of mental illness stopped moving as he was held by a crisis response team in a murder confessed on Wednesday.

Kevin Dizmang’s death was ruled a homicide following a Jan. 6 autopsy report, his family’s lawyers said on Wednesday, nearly three months after the 63-year-old died.

The report says Dizmang passed away in November due to a cardiac arrest that occurred while he was being restrained by a police officer and a paramedic who are part of the Colorado Springs mental health team.

While he had methamphetamine in his system and dealt with other health issues such as obesity and asthma, five doctors agreed that Dismman’s death was homicide due to “the contribution of physical limitations to the cause of death,” according to the report.

Members of the psychiatric team were first called on November 15 when Dizmang was seen walking outside. Earlier, the police said that a police officer, a paramedic from the city fire department and a psychiatrist arrived at the scene.

Footage from the scene released by his family on Wednesday shows an officer ordering Dizmang to put his hands behind his back while others tried to stop the traffic. He resisted an officer who handcuffed him and was eventually knocked to the ground during the struggle, as seen on video.

After the first respondent, who the family’s lawyer identified as a paramedic, began to place his arm around Dizmang’s upper body, the man, who was lying face down, soon stopped moving, footage shows.

As soon as his body was turned over, others next to him urged him to speak to them, but received no response.

“Talk to me, brother,” one man said to Dizmang. – Talk to me, brother.

Family lawyer Harry Daniels stated that no one immediately tried to revive him and criticized the officer for treating the call as a crime from the start rather than a mental illness.

“The people who came to his rescue are the people who ended up killing him,” Daniels said.

The case was referred to the prosecutor’s office, which found that the criminal case was not substantiated.

District Attorney spokesman Howard Black said the office found the actions of the officer and paramedic justified.

The police officer and paramedic were placed on paid administrative leave following the fatal incident, the Colorado Springs Police Department said.

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