CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Family, friends, and civil rights leaders are expected to gather in Chesterfield, Virginia, for the funeral of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who died in custody after authorities say deputies and hospital staff piled on top of him for more than 10 minutes.
The funeral at the First Baptist Church in Chesterfield will feature calls for justice by civil rights attorney and Otieno's family legal representative Ben Crump and a eulogy reading from Reverend Al Sharpton, the founder and president of the civil rights group the National Action Network .
After the initial call to police, Otieno was taken to a hospital on March 3, where he was arrested later that day and taken to Henrico County Jail. Three days later, Otieno died at Virginia's Central State Hospital. In a court appearance, Cary Bowen, a lawyer representing deputy Jermaine Lavar Branch, stated that the officer"did not administer any blows to the deceased, or violence towards him, other than simply trying to restrain him."
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