Outside expert says Adams County coroner erred in 2017 restraint death

A veteran forensic pathologist said the 2017 death of a man under a pile of arresting officers was a homicide and not the result of the dubious diagnosis.led to the death of a man who died under a pile of arresting officers in Thornton, an outside review of the case concluded the man likely died as a result of the officer’s actions.

“But for the restraint component, Mr. Gutierrez would not have died,” said Dr. Jan Gorniak, who has led thousands of autopsies all over the country in cities like Atlanta, Washington D.C., Las Vegas and Columbus, Ohio.Gutierrez was no saint. The night of his arrest in Thornton on March 16,2017, records reviewed by 9NEWS Investigates suggest he was selling drugs when a Thornton Police officer spotted him.

“Their initial refusal to do so threatens to diminish the trust and respect of those citizens that we are privileged and honored to serve,” Young said. Critics long suggested it was used as a convenient excuse when someone dies after law enforcement restraint. Our investigation found almost all of the 226 identified deaths happened during or after physical or chemical restraint.

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