Family of Irvo Otieno view surveillance video capturing the US Black man's custodial torture as he is 'smothered to death' for 12 minutes by Virginia state deputies
Family and attorneys see"brutal treatment" meted out to 28-year-old Irvo Otieno in footage, a case that marks the latest example of a Black man's in-custody death in America.
They called on the US Department of Justice to intervene in the case, saying Otieno's constitutional rights were clearly violated. "It is truly shocking that nearly three years after the brutal killing of George Floyd by police, another family is grieving a loved one who allegedly died in nearly the exact same manner — being pinned down by police for 12 agonising minutes," Crump said.
Baskervill said in court that the officers had no justification for putting Otieno, who was being checked into the hospital, on the floor. He died on March 6 as he was being admitted to Central State Hospital south of Richmond, Baskervill said in a news release on Tuesday.
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