Okobi died after he was shocked with a Taser and pinned to the ground in 2018.
MILLBRAE – San Mateo County will pay $4.5 million to the family of a Black man who died during a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies more than four years ago in Millbrae.
Chinedu Okobi, 36, was shocked seven times with a Taser, pepper sprayed and beaten with batons when deputies tried to arrest him for jaywalking near El Camino Real and Millwood Drive on Oct. 3, 2018. He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.against the county claiming the deputies used excessive force and racially profiled Okobi.
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