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Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death

/Dinwiddie County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office


DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — Newly obtained surveillance video shows a group of sheriff’s deputies and other employees at a Virginia mental hospital pinning a patient to the ground until he was motionless and limp. The video shows unsuccessful resuscitation efforts then began on Irvo Otieno. Otieno’s death at the hospital March 6 has led to second-degree murder charges against seven deputies and three hospital workers. The surveillance video was available through a link included in public court records. It shows the workers pressing down on a prone Otieno who was handcuffed and shackled. Final autopsy findings in Otieno’s death have not been made public. Defense attorneys for several defendants have indicated they plan to vigorously fight the charges.

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