Controversial Video Footage Emerges in Irvo Otieno's Death Investigation

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A surveillance video from a Virginia psychiatric facility shows seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital employees piling on top of a shackled 28-year-old Black man for about 11 minutes until he stopped moving. A grand jury issued indictments on charges of second-degree murder against the 10 people who were charged last week in the March 6 death of Irvo Otieno. The disturbing video shows Henrico County Sheriff's deputies dragging a handcuffed and shirtless Otieno into a largely empty room at Central State Hospital with several small tables, and placing him on some sort of seat, with a timestamp of 4:19 p.m.
- A hospital surveillance video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to the floor before his death NPR
- Video shows Irvo Otieno being pinned to the floor in the moments before his death CNN
- Video shows Virginia deputies, medical staffers struggling to restrain Black man Yahoo News
- Graphic video shows officers piling on hospital patient Irvo Otieno TODAY
- Motion filed to withhold evidence ahead of Dinwiddie grand jury meeting on death of Irvo Otieno CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR
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