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10-18-2018, 07:01 AM
A Facebook executive is demanding answers after her brother died in a police encounter south of San Francisco this month. Ebele Okobi told USA Today that her brother, 36-year-old Chinedu Valentine Okobi, suffered from mental health issues and was unarmed when he died Oct. 3 after being repeatedly Tasered by San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies.
Ebele Okobi, Facebook's director of public policy for Africa, told USA Today that she wants to know whether the deputies were trained in crisis intervention for people struggling with mental illness, and why they continued to Taser her brother rather than call for medical help.
Okobi was running in and out of traffic on a busy thoroughfare in Millbrae when a deputy first encountered him around 1 p.m. that day. San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe, who is investigating the death, told CBS News the deputy approached Okobi because he was worried about his safety. He said Okobi resisted officers, and when they couldn't gain control of him using their hands, two deputies deployed their Tasers.
Okobi was Tasered between three and four times, Wagstaffe said.
Wagstaffe said Okobi was taken into custody, but quickly went into cardiac arrest. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-executive-ebele-okobi-demands-answers-after-brother-chinedu-okobi-dies-during-police-encounter/
Ebele Okobi, Facebook's director of public policy for Africa, told USA Today that she wants to know whether the deputies were trained in crisis intervention for people struggling with mental illness, and why they continued to Taser her brother rather than call for medical help.
Okobi was running in and out of traffic on a busy thoroughfare in Millbrae when a deputy first encountered him around 1 p.m. that day. San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe, who is investigating the death, told CBS News the deputy approached Okobi because he was worried about his safety. He said Okobi resisted officers, and when they couldn't gain control of him using their hands, two deputies deployed their Tasers.
Okobi was Tasered between three and four times, Wagstaffe said.
Wagstaffe said Okobi was taken into custody, but quickly went into cardiac arrest. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-executive-ebele-okobi-demands-answers-after-brother-chinedu-okobi-dies-during-police-encounter/