Video shows US hospital patient pinned to floor before his death

Irvo Otieno’s mother Caroline Ouko vowed to fight for justice for her son. Picture: Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP

Newly obtained video shows a group of police and hospital staff in the US pinning a patient to the floor until he was motionless and limp before beginning unsuccessful resuscitation efforts.

The footage, which has no audio, shows various members of the group attempting to restrain Irvo Otieno – who was handcuffed and shackled – for about 20 minutes after he was led into a room at a Virginia psychiatric hospital where he was going to be admitted on March 6.