knee on his neck. the weight of seven individuals on his body. while he is face down. handcuffed. with leg irons. reporter: he was arrested on march 3rd after police say they responded to a burglary call next door to his home. they took him to the hospital for evaluation where he became, quote, physically assaulted. his mother says she pleaded with the police. they pulled him off the treatment, took him to jail. didn t take him down there with any medicine. reporter: after a weekend in jail are where prosecutors showed he was pepper sprayed, punched and mistreated, he was brought to the central state mental facility on march 6 where authorities allege he became combative. in the videos are never confrontational with them. he is not posing a threat to
tonight, new details on what the video shows of the final moments of 28 years old man who died in custody on march 6 when he was brought to a mental health facility in virginia. the video, not yet published, but the county prosecutor input virginia telling cnn why she has charged seven deputies with second-degree murder, as well as three security guards at the simple state hospital . he goes to the ground, while one by one there are 10 people on top of him applying pressure, visibly putting their back into it, leaning down. here resisting athol? no, not at all. he is not moving. he is frankly lifeless . another disturbing detail . there are hospital staff that come in and out of the room as if there is nothing taking place. nothing. no one tries to help . it began with a burglary call. on march 3, police showed up at his house with what a neighbor says was a disproportionate amount of officers . he was very agitated and
my son was treated like a dog, worse than a dog. i saw it with my own eyes on the video. reporter: the family of 28-year-old ivo otieno, who died in custody, has now seen video of the fatal incident. at what point do we stop preserving life? at what point do we consider mental illness a crime? reporter: prosecutors say he was smothered to death by seven sheriff s deputies and three hospital employees restraining him during intake at a mental health facility. seven sheriff s deputies were arrested tuesday and charged with second-degree murder. why would any law enforcement officer put a knee on the neck of a person who is face down, handcuffed and restrained? reporter: otieno was aevident ared march 3rd after police say they responded to a burglary call next door, took him to 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,
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