Chinedu Okobi, who was unarmed and living with mental illness, died after being Tasered near San FranciscoThe first news of his death came as a traffic update. El Camino Real, a busy road south of San Francisco, had been closed for hours on 3 October as law enforcement investigated what local news called a “deadly encounter”.A man was dead after being Tasered by sheriff’s deputies. He was described, in the early reports, only as a “36-year-old black man”, who the sheriff’s department said in a statement had been “running in and out of traffic” early that afternoon and had “assaulted” a sheriff’s deputy who approached him. An investigation was taking place. Continue reading…
Via: 'Privilege doesn't protect you': Facebook exec's brother dead after police encounter
Categories: English News