The death of a Black man at a Virginia hospital that led to murder charges against 10 deputies and hospital workers was caused by “asphyxia with restraints” and was a homicide, authorities say.
capturing some of the final moments of Otieno’s life at Virginia’s Central State Hospital shows officers and medical staff appearing to pileOtieno’s family and his attorneys have said he was in the midst of a mental health crisis.murder charges against seven Virginia Sheriff’s deputies and three hospital workers.
Surveillance video shows officers dragging Otieno — who appears to be handcuffed and shackled at the ankles — into an admissions room, initially moving him toward a table before laying him on the ground and restraining him. After Otieno’s family and their attorneys were shown video of the encounter, Caroline Ouko said her son was “treated like a dog, worse than a dog.”
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