The family of Irvo Otieno criticizes move to withdraw murder charges for now against 5 deputies
A Virginia judge has agreed to a prosecutor’s request to drop charges against five more people in connection with the 2023 death of Irvo Otieno, a young man who was pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes while admitted to a state psychiatric hospital. . Dinwiddie Circuit Court Judge Joseph Teefey on Sunday granted […]
Rev. Al Sharpton to deliver eulogy at funeral of Irvo Otieno
The Reverend Al Sharpton pays tribute at the funeral of a 28-year-old black man who died after being pinned to the floor by seven sheriff’s deputies and several others while hospitalized in a Virginia mental hospital. . The Sharpton National Action Network, a civil rights group, announced plans for Ilbo Otieno’s funeral Wednesday at First […]
Footage shows Irvo Otieno pinned down in leadup to death
Virginia sheriffs and mental hospital workers forcibly immobilized patient Irvo Otieno until he stopped moving and his body was limp, according to footage of the fatal encounter released Tuesday. A video released by the prosecutor who charged seven sheriff’s deputies and three hospital staff with murder in Otieno’s death shows the 28-year-old under the weight […]