that remains something we re still trying to get our hands on according to the commonwealth s attorney, it shows the man face down, handcuffs on the ground with a knee from one of the deputies on his body at one point. she says they smothered him for 12 minutes, and his preliminary cause of death is asphyxiation she also claimed after he died, deputies took three hours to call virginia state police now, defense for one of those deputies says he had a history of mental health issues, pointing to him being combative. we heard from the local police union in a facebook post in part, they called the death tragic, expressing their condolences to the family, but they said they stand behind the seven accused deputies now charged with murder. quote, cognizant of every acc accused presumption of innocence. you asked what s next? two of those deputies got bond but all are due in court next tuesday.
talking about, this was a focal point during a court hearing yesterday. the commonwealth s attorney made a point to talk at great length about this video something that we have not seen for ourselves. we do hope that will be released to the public soon all of this coming from the commonwealth, who says the video shows otieno face down on the ground with the knee of one of the deputies on his back at one point. she said they caused him to suffocate, adding the preliminary cause of death is asphyxiation you can see the deputies called over three hours to call virginia state police after he died as we mentioned, this is not something that we have had a chance to see this video ourselves, but clearly the family very emotional here, as we re discussing what they just saw. we know that attorney ben crump, civil rights attorney, has been very active on twitter, saying that the charges of second degree murder against the
video of the fatal incident. at what point do we start preserving life? at what point do we consider mental illness a crime he died of asphyxiation after held down for 11, 12 minutes. restrained to brutally we re knee on his in fact, the weight of seven individuals on his body while he s face down. handcuffed. with leg irons he was arrested march 3rd after responding to a burglary call and took him to the hospital for evaluation where he became physically saw thetive. she took him to jail, didn t take him down there with any medicine. after a weekend in jail, where prosecutors say video shows him being pepper sprayed,
hospital, sitting in a chair, but then at one point, according to the attorney, he is on the ground, and in the words of the attorney, smothered by these seven sheriff s deputies. at a certain point he passes away. the exact manner of death, we have pressed the attorney on that, he said from what they know now, from what they are able to tell us, the manner of death was asphyxiation, but as to the exact manner of death, they are not able to tell us at this point. they all made court appearances this morning, two of them bonded out. we have reached out to the attorney for at least one of them. we have not heard back from that attorney, so we don t know at this point what they are pleading. these are the circumstances. the young man was 28 years old. the attorney for the family is es he was really mistreated in this case, and the family is very traumatized by all of this.
health issues at a state psychiatric hospital. the prosecutor saying today the deputies killed 28-year-old irvo otieno using excessive force in yule fashion roughly a week ago. among the disturbing accusations allegedly caught on video, the seven deputies holding otieno down for 12 minutes, even as he s handcuffed. it s just cruel and a demonstration of power that is unlawful. i mean, it killed him. reporter: a preliminary cause of death asphyxiation. and the prosecutor says there is another video from before he was transported allegedly showing otieno being punched in the chest and pepper sprayed by three of the deputies. while he was in the cell alone, not posing a danger to anyone. reporter: the deputies are also accused of a coverup, with prosecutors claiming that they washed otieno s handcuffs and did not call the virginia state police to investigate for more than three hours after otieno died at the hospital. authorities say the henrico