What Irvo Otieno’s Killing Tells Us About American Healthcare
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 24, 2023
The suffocation of Irvo Otieno, recorded on video, recalled the deaths of other Black men who perished under the weight of law enforcement: Daniel Prude, Eric Garner, George Floyd. However, Otieno died not on the street but inside a Virginia state psychiatric hospital — a place where he was meant to be cared for, not punished, by the state.
His death — for which 
