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Video expose police piling on Irvo Otieno before his death

In the US state of Virginia, prosecutors have made video evidence of a black patient’s last moments available to the public. The patient passed away while being held in a mental facility.

A sizable number of police officers and medical personnel are seen pinning down Irvo Otieno, who was shackled and wearing leg shackles.

In connection with the killing of the black man, seven sheriff’s deputies and three medical personnel are accused of second-degree murder.

The 10 suspects in the case were indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday.

The prosecutor released video of the incident to the public on Tuesday.

Mr Otieno, who emigrated to the US from Kenya when he was four, was initially arrested on 3 March as the suspect in a possible burglary, a police news release said.

He was placed under an emergency custody order, used when it is believed that a person could harm themselves or others as a result of mental illness.

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