A large group of sheriff’s deputies and employees of a Virginia mental hospital pinned patient Irvo Otieno to the floor until he was motionless and limp, then began unsuccessful resuscitation efforts, newly obtained surveillance video of the incident earlier this month shows.
The footage obtained Tuesday, which has no audio, shows various members of the group struggling with a handcuffed and shackled Otieno, who was Black, for about 20 minutes after being led into a room at Central State Hospital, where he was going to be admitted March 6. For most of that time, Otieno is on the floor being restrained
