Newly Released Footage Shows At Least 10 People Restraining Irvo Otieno

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Surveillance footage from the Virginia psychiatric hospital where 28-year-old Irvo Otieno died on March 6 shows a group of sheriff deputies and medical staff piling on top of a handcuffed Otieno in the final moments before his death, according to Otieno’s family, Otieno had been experiencing a mental health crisis.

 

Seven deputies and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder.

 

The Washington Post, which on Monday obtained a shortened version of the 23-minute video from Central State Hospital, reported that deputies dragged a barefoot and shirtless Otieno into a room before restraining him to the ground for 11 minutes. 

 

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/03/irvo-otieno-video/

 

[Credo]

It's sad when this happens in an institutional setting.  I would expect people to be much better prepared to deal with these situations.