![]() ![]() ![]() Attorneys for many of the defendants have said they will vigorously fight the charges. Otenio’s family said he was brutally mistreated, both at the state hospital and while in law enforcement custody in the preceding days. Seven deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with second-degree murder in Otieno’s death. For most of that duration, the 28-year-old Black man is on the floor being held down by a fluctuating group that at one point appeared to reach 10 people. ![]() The footage obtained Tuesday, which has no audio, shows various members of the group attempting to restrain a handcuffed and shackled Otieno for about 20 minutes after he’s led into a room at Central State Hospital, where he was going to be admitted March 6. (AP) - A large group of sheriff’s deputies and employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinned patient Irvo Otieno to the floor earlier this month until he was motionless and limp, then began unsuccessful resuscitation efforts, newly obtained surveillance video shows. ![]()
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