The Irvo Otieno, who died while restrained in a hospital, was brilliant and creative, his mother says

Irvo Otieno: A Young Vo; a Bright and Creative, High Energy, Low Energy, High School Teacher’s Companion

Irvo Otieno had music with titles such as “Man in the Middle”, “Can Wait”, and “Trapped Out” under the name Young Vo.

He found his thing. When you find your thing, you are aware of that feeling? Ouko recalled. He was happy with what he was doing. He would go in his room and close the door. And he had it. He was bright and creative.

A 12-year-old from Florida, where he was born: “I grew up in a community,” Baskervill told a news conference

Seven sheriff’s deputies and three hospital employees were indicted by a grand jury Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder, according to court documents. Baskervill said in the hearing that they smothered him to death.

Ouko said during the news conference that her son arrived in the US as a boy and that she has a portrait of him. He graduated from the high school where he played football and basketball and went to kindergarten. He attended college in California.

His mother said that he was as American as apple pie. This is what he knows. This is where he should be. You are in a community when you are home. We are part of a community. We have a group of friends. There is a young man here and he has a big heart.

“This was my baby. He cared for people. He cared that people were treated fairly. That was at the core of his upbringing in our home. He cared that people were treated equally.”

She also spoke about her son’s mental illness, saying he had long stretches where “(you) wouldn’t even know something was wrong” and then there were times when “he would go into some kind of distress and then you know he needs to see a doctor.”

The Anomalous Death of Mark R. Otieno: The Sheriff’s Office and State Police in the Henrico County Deputies

Otieno became physically assaultive towards officers after being taken for evaluation to a hospital. He was held on a number of charges including assault on a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct in a hospital.

According to Virginia law, a person can be placed under an emergency custody order when there is reason to believe they could hurt themselves or others as a result of mental illness.

The prosecutor said seven law enforcement deputies, joined by three hospital employees who worked as security guards, “smothered him to death” while restraining him.

The security guards watched the alleged smothering, but eventually joined in and piled on top of the victim.

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 4, the local law enforcement officers’ union, said they were behind the deputy. Attorneys for three of the deputies charged have said Otieno resisted arrest, the officers followed their training, and that they looked forward to trying the case in court.

A preliminary report from the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond identified asphyxiation as a cause of death, the commonwealth attorney’s office said in a statement.

The seven Henrico County deputies, who turned themselves in to state police Tuesday, are on administrative leave as investigations by their agency and state police continue, county Sheriff Alisa Gregory said in a statement.

Gregory said the events of March 6 were a tragedy because of Mr. Otieno’s death. The loss is felt by everyone, not just those close to him.

A Comment on “Irvo, a broken human, murdered, and mistreated” by S. E. A. Otieno

Three Central State Hospital workers who were arrested last week have been placed on leave “pending the results of the legal proceedings,” the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Central State Hospital said in a statement.

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and Central State Hospital said in a statement that they are cooperating with Virginia State Police and that the Otieno family should get information about the tragic events at the hospital.

When a loved one is in crisis, Ochieng believes people should be confident in calling for help. He did not believe the people in the video cared enough about preserving a life.

Ochieng said that what he saw was a lifeless human with no representation, and his family was broken because of how to treat those with mental illnesses.

Ochieng wrote on the page, “Irvo loved sports, music and the beach.” He wanted to be a great one day and help his family back in Africa with their needs.

Otieno, 24, is a violent criminal who is not aggressive with people in mental health crisis. He’s been beaten, but his body is still alive

“I cannot be at his wedding. I don’t want to see a grandchild because he wasn’t helped. Nobody stood up to stop what was happening. We have to do better.”

State police investigators were later told Otieno became “combative” and was “physically restrained” during the intake process, the attorney’s office said in a statement on March 14. He died at the hospital, the office said.

“The criminal information warrants are based on the evidence collected, analyzed and evaluated to-date,” Baskervill said, according to the news release announcing the arrests of the hospital workers. She said that the video from Central State Hospital was a key part of the evidence.

The newly released video begins as Otieno, bound by his hands and feet, is forcibly taken into a room and dragged into an upright seated position on the floor with his back against a chair. Ten minutes later, after Otieno has turned onto his side with three people holding him, his body jerks, and five more deputies and workers move to pin Otieno to the floor.

The Otieno family and their attorneys were shown the video by prosecutors Thursday, March 16 civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a news conference.

The video is a “commentary on how inhumane law enforcement officials treat people who are having a mental health crisis as criminals rather than treating them as people who are in need of help,” he said.

“He, in the videos, (is) never confrontational with them. He is not threatening them. He is not aggressive with them. He said that the majority of the video shows him being restrained brutally with a knee on his neck but that he seems to be in between lifelessness and unconsciousness.

CPR in Otieno’s room during an arrest on a motion of the state attorney general counsel Robert E. Krudys

She said she followed her son to the hospital on March 3 and a doctor who was treating Otieno approached her and said her son was going to be alright. She said that they took her son to jail but he didn’t take his medicine.

Otieno was on medication for mental illness, but he was not able to take it while in custody, according to family attorney Mark Krudys.

Medical workers from the hospital are seen converging on the room as CPR continues for nearly an hour. Otieno’s lifeless body is left alone in the room for a short time after he is pronounced dead, as he is covered in a white sheet.

According to Otieno’s mother, his treatment was worse than that of a dog. “I saw it with my own eyes on the video.”

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, compared the video to that of the murder of George Floyd, who was handcuffed, forced to the ground and held down by Minneapolis police officers in May 2020. Police use of force was the focus of protests against people of color.

An attorney for one of the deputies charged in the case told CNN he’s “disappointed” the prosecutor released the video because he thinks it could influence the jury pool.

“I know we were going to file a motion to not have that released,” said attorney Caleb Kershner, who represents deputy Randy Joseph Boyer. “Unfortunately, it’s too late. It has been released. I think that was done by the Commonwealth. She has the right to do that. She doesn’t have to do that. She chose to do that last night.”

Correspondence to the Sheriff’s Deputies in Dinwiddie County, D.C., Otieno, T.L. Kershner

The employee said the patient was a new admission and so they were still in the admission unit. “They’re doing CPR right now.”

CNN asked the sheriff’s deputies for comment. Last week, Kershner claimed that there was nothing outside of the ordinary in the lead up to his death.

“They delivered him as fast as they could because obviously this was a man in tremendous need of some sort of medical attention,” Kershner said. He said that his client stated that Otieno had a significant amount of noncompliance and dealt with him for a long time.

A lawyer for deputy Bradley Thomas Disse said that he is looking forward to the chance to argue the case in court and exonerate his client.

The group said that it’s difficult to be a cop in America due to the possible being criminally charged while performing their duty. “The death of Mr. Otieno was tragic, and we express our condolences to his family. We also stand behind the seven accused deputies now charged with murder by the Dinwiddie County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Baskervill.”