She said the video will not be released at this time to “preserve the integrity” of the criminal justice process.
Speaking to reporters after the arraignment on Wednesday, Branch attorney Cary Bowen, one of the indicted agents, questioned Baskerville’s decision, calling her approach “extremely aggressive.” Said there was.
According to WTVR, “It’s pretty unusual to have things go the way they’ve been,” Bowen said. .”
While speaking to reporters on Thursday, Crump compared Otieno’s murder to that of George Floyd and questioned his agent’s actions. Crump said he was on his stomach for about half the time.
“Why would anyone not have the common sense to say they’ve seen this movie before?” Crump said. “If you keep the pressure and the weight and the knees on when the person is in the prone position, you know how this movie ends.”
The Henrico County Sheriff’s Office previously said the sheriff was responding to reports of a possible robbery when he first contacted Otieno on March 3, according to local news outlets. rice field.
Lieutenant Matt Pekka said that after authorities contacted and observed Otieno, they placed him under an “emergency detention order” and took him to a local hospital for evaluation. According to a local broadcaster, Picca said Otieno was taken to the county jail on suspicion of assaulting law enforcement, disorderly conduct, and vandalism. but died there.
Lawyer Mark Crudis, who also represents Otieno’s family, told reporters that it was a “huge display of force” when the agents showed up at Ouko’s doorstep that day and took their son into custody, saying Otieno “We went peacefully,” he added. Ouko revealed to authorities that Otieno needed mental health help from a doctor, he said, Krudys said.
“It was at that facility where he should have gotten help,” the lawyer said, “he was actually kicked out of that hospital.
A lawyer for the family said on Thursday that they watched a video of five agents taking Otieno out of a small prison cell before transferring him to a state hospital on March 6. Deputies handcuff him and carry him out by his arms and legs.
“He’s been carried… like an animal being carried in a car, almost upside down, almost dead,” he said.
Ouko said her family immigrated from Kenya to the United States when Otieno was four years old, and her son attended elementary and high school in Virginia before attending college in California.
“Arbo is as American as apple pie,” she said. “This is what he knows. This is home for him.”
Ouko described her son as a young man with a “big heart” and a leader rather than a follower.
“If there was a discussion, he wasn’t afraid to go the other way when other people were following,” she said. He cared about people being treated right.”
Otieno has had a mental illness since his senior year of high school, and while he would take long stretches when he was in pain, Otieno is an aspiring hip-hop artist who says, “I’m happy with what he’s doing.” There is,” Ouko said.
“He’d write a song in five minutes,” she said. “He was working for his own record label.”
But now he can never achieve those dreams.
“What I saw today was heartbreaking for America. It was disturbing and traumatic. My son was tortured.”
“Mental illness should not be your ticket to death,” she continued. I don’t understand what made him fail.”
Ouko said he wanted justice for his son and an answer as to why he was allegedly murdered. She encouraged people to take a moment to listen to his music, which he uploaded under the name Young Vo, and said that’s all that’s left for him now.
“I will not be able to attend his wedding. I will never see my grandchildren…because someone refused to help him,” Ouko said. “No one stood up to stop what was happening. We have to do better. We have to do better.”
