The family of a Black man who died in police custody at a mental hospital called on the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene in case, claiming civil rights were violated.
are seen on video pushing Otieno to the ground while he was cuffed and had his legs restrained.
Baskervill did not immediately respond to questions about the incident from Fox News Digital on Thursday. Krudys said hospital staff lacked urgency to help Otieno after deputies learned he was"lifeless and not breathing." Otieno’s mother, Caroline Ouko, held a framed photo of her son, telling the press in attendance on Thursday that all she is left with now is goodness in his music because he is gone.
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