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(DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va.) -- Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old man who died in police custody earlier this month, was held down by seven Virginia sheriff's deputies for 12 minutes, according to Ann Cabell Baskervill, the Commonwealth Attorney for Dinwiddie County, who described the "cruel" incident Thursday during a court hearing. Cabell Baskervill described the incident as
Irvo Otieno, 28, was seen in security camera footage on March 6 being handcuffed by the deputies who pushed down 'every part of his body' with 'absolute brutality,' an attorney for his family said.
Seven deputies pinned Irvo Otieno to the floor of a mental institution while he was shackled and handcuffed, prosecutors and the family's attorneys say.
Seven deputies in Virginia have been arrested and charged with murder after a man in their custody died while being admitted to the hospital earlier this month, prosecutors said.