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. >> these charges come after seven deputies were charged earlier in irvo otieno's death. prosecutors say they fatally smothered him, holding him down for as long as 12 minutes. yesterday otieno's family were shown surveillance video of the moments leading up to his death. brian todd is live outside the county courthouse in virginia. brian, there are new charges, also the fact that the family saw that video. are there plans to release it to the public? >> reporter: erica, jim, there are no plans right now to release that video to the public, that's according to the prosecutor here, but that could change in the days ahead. as you mentioned, that family has now had a chance to view the security footage of irvo otieno's death, they did give us jarring details of what they saw in it and they said it was horrific to watch. three more people charged with second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old irvo otieno in custody, all three are employees of the central state hospital mental health facility in virginia where otieno was taken on march 6th. that's in addition to seven s
. >> these charges come after seven deputies were charged earlier in irvo otieno's death. prosecutors say they fatally smothered him, holding him down for as long as 12 minutes. yesterday otieno's family were shown surveillance video of the moments leading up to his death. brian todd is live outside the county courthouse in virginia. brian, there are new charges, also the fact that the family saw that video. are there plans to release it to the public? >> reporter: erica, jim, there...
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so then otieno is transferred with police to a hospital where he apparently according to this release became combative with these officers and so then he was actually arrested and charged with basically -- basically charges relating to some sort of altercation with those officers. he was then brought to a jail and he remained in custody for three more days and what we've learned then is that during that time while he was in jail he was, again -- there was some sort of combativeness or distress that was happening where they were going to transfer him again to a hospital facility. again, three days later at 3:58 on that day, march 6, he was transported to this hospital, now three and a half hours later all we know is that the virginia state police were called in to investigate because otieno died in that custody. all we were told by a press release, officials, is that he died during the intake process. so many questions here. what exactly happened? we've reached out to the medical examiner's office to get an idea of when we might expect an autopsy to tell us what did he die from. there'
so then otieno is transferred with police to a hospital where he apparently according to this release became combative with these officers and so then he was actually arrested and charged with basically -- basically charges relating to some sort of altercation with those officers. he was then brought to a jail and he remained in custody for three more days and what we've learned then is that during that time while he was in jail he was, again -- there was some sort of combativeness or distress...
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we see at least one deputy putting his knee on irvo otieno's neck. the operative part of this video plays out for 12 minutes until the prosecutor says he died of asphyxiation. we also got recordings of 911 call that is were made that afternoon starting at about 4:40 p.m. from the hospital staff to try to get paramedics to the scene. take a listen. >> we need an emergency. what do you call this? an ems here at the hospital. the patient is a new admission. still in the admission unit. he's very aggressive. >> what building? >> building 39. it's a maximum security unit. >> they're doing cpr right now. there's no pulse anymore. >> is the patient aggressive or is he not -- >> he used to be aggressive. they're trying to put him in restraints. eventually he's no longer breathing. >> are they doing cpr? >> yes, they're doing it right now. >> and there are several points during these videos where you see hospital staff and others trying to perform cpr on irvo otieno in just a failed attempt to revive him. one other major development that happened a short time
we see at least one deputy putting his knee on irvo otieno's neck. the operative part of this video plays out for 12 minutes until the prosecutor says he died of asphyxiation. we also got recordings of 911 call that is were made that afternoon starting at about 4:40 p.m. from the hospital staff to try to get paramedics to the scene. take a listen. >> we need an emergency. what do you call this? an ems here at the hospital. the patient is a new admission. still in the admission unit. he's...
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otieno is handcuffed yet. even so, she says, pepper spray is sprayed through the door slot in that video. at any point. is he combative? is he resisting? not not that i could see frankly and at all six officers then enter the cell and the prosecutor alleges blows are delivered nearly 15. minutes later, he has carried out in handcuffs and deputies load him into an suv to drive him to the mental facility. an attorney for one charged deputy says the cause of death could have been something else like the injection and says, oh, tina was violent, aggressive and non compliant officers who were there. i had to go had to hold him and constrain him. given not only his resistance previously, but, um, arrogance earn for others around given his mental state. but thanos mother says that's not what the video shows my son was treated like a dog washed on a dog. i saw it with my own eyes on the video. only a couple of attorneys for the deputies and security guards charged have come out and commented specifically on the charge
otieno is handcuffed yet. even so, she says, pepper spray is sprayed through the door slot in that video. at any point. is he combative? is he resisting? not not that i could see frankly and at all six officers then enter the cell and the prosecutor alleges blows are delivered nearly 15. minutes later, he has carried out in handcuffs and deputies load him into an suv to drive him to the mental facility. an attorney for one charged deputy says the cause of death could have been something else...
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. >> reporter: prosecutors say atati atie otieno died after being restrained for several minutes. >> the knee on his neck. the weight of seven individuals on his body. wheel he's facedown, handcuffed, with leg irons. >> reporter: otieno was arrested on march 3rd, when police say they responded to a burglary call next to his home. his mother says she pleaded with the police. >> they pulled him off treatment. took him to jail. didn't take him down with any medicine. >> reporter: after a weekend in jail, where prosecutors show otieno was pepper sprayed, punched and mistreated, he was brought to the facility on march 6th. he is not posing a threat to them. he's not violent or aggressive with them. in court, an early glimpse of the potential defense. >> the ongoing issues they had been having with this individual with regards to his disorderly conduct, with regards to his aggression, with regards to his raaz dance. >> reporter: his family says he needed help. what do you want to see happen to these deputies? >> justice. >> i would like them put away, if you ask me, for life. that they don
. >> reporter: prosecutors say atati atie otieno died after being restrained for several minutes. >> the knee on his neck. the weight of seven individuals on his body. wheel he's facedown, handcuffed, with leg irons. >> reporter: otieno was arrested on march 3rd, when police say they responded to a burglary call next to his home. his mother says she pleaded with the police. >> they pulled him off treatment. took him to jail. didn't take him down with any medicine....
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this is a story we were telling you about last week, the young man 28 years old irvo otieno died later on, the deputies in addition to three hospital employees have since been charged with second-degree murder. >> cnn's brian todd is in virginia covering this for us. brian, this video we're told disturbing. what can be learned from it? >> reporter: john and erica, what you can see in this video is kind of a dramatic kind of a slow-moving but very dramatic encounter that he has with these deputies, i can call it an encounter, i guess, because they're pretty much on top of him the entire time. the first video, though, that we see is of him being brought into the intake ward at central state hospital, a mental health facility in petersburg, virginia, this is surveillance video of him being brought into that hospital on the morning -- excuse me, on the afternoon of monday, march 6th. you can see deputies bringing him in, they are holding him up, he is in shackles and leg irons, he is not necessarily able to support himself, at least it doesn't look like that on the video. they bring him in
this is a story we were telling you about last week, the young man 28 years old irvo otieno died later on, the deputies in addition to three hospital employees have since been charged with second-degree murder. >> cnn's brian todd is in virginia covering this for us. brian, this video we're told disturbing. what can be learned from it? >> reporter: john and erica, what you can see in this video is kind of a dramatic kind of a slow-moving but very dramatic encounter that he has with...
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. >> reporter: the family attorney said otieno came to the u.s. from kenya when he was 4, was into hip-hop and part of the kenyan community. cnn has reached out to the attorneys for the deputies but haven't hear back. their boss, the sheriff, said their office is cooperating. so far two of the deputies were allowed out on bail. brian todd. >>> joining me now, former officer michael fanone. good to see you this morning. brian laid out what we learned, but a crucial part is the video that prosecutors were referencing. saying it's 12 minutes, calling it alarming, saying it shows deliberate cruel treatment. the family set to see that this morning. given how quickly the charges were filed, do you think that is what this video will show ultimately? >> to be honest with you, i don't know. you know, it's -- i think it's irresponsible for any of us, including myself as a former police officer to speculate on these officers' actions one way or the other based on the statements of prosecutors and the attorneys of the family. not to say that couldn't be the c
. >> reporter: the family attorney said otieno came to the u.s. from kenya when he was 4, was into hip-hop and part of the kenyan community. cnn has reached out to the attorneys for the deputies but haven't hear back. their boss, the sheriff, said their office is cooperating. so far two of the deputies were allowed out on bail. brian todd. >>> joining me now, former officer michael fanone. good to see you this morning. brian laid out what we learned, but a crucial part is the...
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. >> reporter: new details on what the video shows of the final moments of 28 yeari irvo otieno. the video not yet public. but the prosecutor saying why she's charged seven deputies with second degree murder. >> it goes to the ground. one by one, ten people on top of him. all of whom are applying pressure. visibly, they're putting their back into it, leaning down. >> reporter: is he resistant, is it combatant at all? >> no, not at all. he's lifeless. >> reporter: there's other details. >> hospital staff coming in and out of the room as if there's nothing taking place. nothing. no one tries to help. >> reporter: it began with a burglary call on march 3rd police showed up at otieno assess house. >> he was very confused. heightened state of mental anxiety. >> reporter: but his mother calmed him down but another posed a threat. >> iirvo. >> reporter: and in jail, video shows he was pepper strayed while handcuffed and naked alone in his control. >> five or six deputies at the jail tackle him, so he's then on the ground. and he's on the ground underneath them for several minutes there.
. >> reporter: new details on what the video shows of the final moments of 28 yeari irvo otieno. the video not yet public. but the prosecutor saying why she's charged seven deputies with second degree murder. >> it goes to the ground. one by one, ten people on top of him. all of whom are applying pressure. visibly, they're putting their back into it, leaning down. >> reporter: is he resistant, is it combatant at all? >> no, not at all. he's lifeless. >> reporter:...
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. >>> and ten people have now been charged in the death of irvo otieno who died in custody while at a state mental health facility. the additional charges followed the state's viewing of his death. the video shows three hospital staffers at one point watching with their hands there pockets while he was allegedly being smothered to death. the three guards, along with these seven deputies, are all facing murder charges. here's cnn's brian todd. >> new details on what the video shows are the final moments of 28-year-old irvo otieno who died on march 6th when he was brought to a mental health facility in virginia. the video not yet public. but the county prosecutor telling cnn why she has charged seven deputies with second-degree murder as well as three security guards at the central state hospital. >> he goes to the ground. one by one, there were ten people on top of him. all of whom are applying pressure. visibly, they're putting their back into it, leaning down. >> reporter: is he resisting at all in those moments? >> no. not at all. he's not moving. he is lifeless. there are hospital
. >>> and ten people have now been charged in the death of irvo otieno who died in custody while at a state mental health facility. the additional charges followed the state's viewing of his death. the video shows three hospital staffers at one point watching with their hands there pockets while he was allegedly being smothered to death. the three guards, along with these seven deputies, are all facing murder charges. here's cnn's brian todd. >> new details on what the video...
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prosecutors say that irvo otieno was smothered while in their cus custody. >> it was captured on camera. cnn's brian todd joins us now. so brian, the victim's family just held a news conference. what did they say? >> reporter: bianna, victor, some new details from the family, from the attorneys for the family. basically kind of laying out what they saw in this video. it's surveillance footage from central state hospital from march 6th. this has not been released to the public, but it's occurring where this person is being allegedly smothered by these sheriff's deputies. and this is basically the moment of his death on this video that the family just viewed a short time ago. the attorneys and the family say the video shows several deputies, seven of them, and now we're told three hospital employees basically applying force on him, an amazing amount of force, with knees on his neck, almost alternatively, ben crump the attorney said when one person would take their knee off of his neck, another one would put their knee on his neck, basically until he died. his mother, caroline, spoke at th
prosecutors say that irvo otieno was smothered while in their cus custody. >> it was captured on camera. cnn's brian todd joins us now. so brian, the victim's family just held a news conference. what did they say? >> reporter: bianna, victor, some new details from the family, from the attorneys for the family. basically kind of laying out what they saw in this video. it's surveillance footage from central state hospital from march 6th. this has not been released to the public, but...