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Questions Remain in Police Taser Death of Black Bay Area Man Chinedu Okobi

HeadlineOct 18, 2018

In more police violence news, the family of Chinedu Okobi—a black Bay Area man who was killed by police after being tasered—is demanding answers. Thirty-six-year-old Okobi was killed on October 3 in San Mateo County, California, after he reportedly disrupted traffic, resulting in a deadly encounter with a police officer, but details about the killing remain unknown. Okobi’s family said that he suffered from mental illness.

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