" The weight of seven individuals on his body while he's face down, handcuffed with leg irons.... … It is so unnecessary, it's so unjustifiable." Seven Henrico deputies have been charged with second-degree murder following an incident that occurred prior to Irvo Otieno's death at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie.... Courtesy of Ben Crump Law Caroline Ouko, Otieno’s mother, described during the conference that her son was having a mental health crisis and was initially transported to Henrico

Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.... Defense attorneys for some of them have argued Otieno was combative and had to be restrained. Advertisement Otieno’s mother and brother filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in civil court alleging that Virginia, Henrico County and the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office faced liability for his death.... The state, county and sheriff’s office did not admit liability in the settlement and denied that their actions caused Otieno’s death, but