After the death of a black inmate in the US, seven police officers are charged with murder

According to the lawyer, the police continued to torture the black prisoner for 12 minutes.

In the US state of Virginia, seven police officers have been charged in the death of a black prisoner. 

According to the AFP news agency, 28-year-old Black Ervo Otieno was taken from a local jail in the city of Pittsburgh, Virginia on March 6 to Central Hospital, where he died three hours later. 

Due to the deteriorating mental condition of the prisoner, he was taken from prison to the hospital for treatment. 

According to the preliminary autopsy report, inmate Eru Otieno's death was due to lack of oxygen or asphyxiation. 

Video of Otieno clearly showing the cause of death was shown to his family on Thursday. Prisoner Ervo Otieno's mother said at a news conference: "Although Otieno was suffering from a mental illness, today I saw his heart. It's unsettling. 

He said the video showed seven police officers beating a man and it went on and on. Eru Otieno's family hired prominent lawyer Ben Kremp, who has defended police violence against African Americans. Files of Torture Cases. 

Ervo Otieno was handcuffed and handcuffed while seven police officers tortured him for 12 minutes, Ben Kremp told the media. 

Seven police officers, ranging in age from 30 to 57, were arrested on second-degree murder charges. 

Three hospital officers, aged between 23 and 34, were also arrested for murder. 

Remember that since the death of George Floyd, a black American citizen, in 2020 due to police violence, there have been protests against brutality and racism not only in The America But Also in other Regions. 

Following this incident, there was also a movement called Black Lives Matter, which openly opposed discriminatory treatment of African Americans, particularly by the police.