The nine minutes of video surveillance obtained shows officers and medical staffers wrestling with 28-year-old Irvo Otieno for several minutes before his body went limp. Video shows Virginia deputies piling on Black man before his death:
- Sheriff deputies led a handcuffed Irvo Otieno into a room where they and medical staffers wrestled with the 28-year-old Black man on the ground for several minutes before his body went limp, video surveillance obtained by the Washington Post shows.
His death is the latest instance of a Black person dying during an encounter with law enforcement to capture national attention. Three former employees of the mental hospital and seven sheriffs deputies of Henrico County, Virginia, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder over his death.
The video shows about six officers carrying Otieno into a room and he appears to struggle as he is put on the ground. At times as many as 10 deputies and hospital workers are holding him down as another six deputies and hospital workers look on, and another appears to put shackles on his legs. His arms are held behind his back.
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