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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Josh Marcus

‘They murdered my baby’: Family of Irvo Otieno says video shows officers smother Black man to death

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The family of Irvo Otieno, a Black man who died in police custody in Virginia earlier this month, says video from a state mental hospital shows a large group of deputies smothering the 28-year-old to death.

"My son was treated like a dog, worse than a dog," Caroline Ouko said Thursday during a press conference. "He was murdered. They smothered the breath out of my baby. They murdered my baby."

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