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Family of Chinedu Okobi says unreleased video contradicts police account of his death. Okobi sister Ebele Okobi, a Facebook executive said seen videos of her brother “getting tortured to death in broad daylight.”

On October 3rd, Chinedu Okobi was killed after being tased by California deputies according to police footage of the incident. The incident took place in Millbrae, CA a city about 30 miles northwest of Silicon Valley. San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office released a statement on the day Okobi was killed stating he was running in and out of traffic” about 1 p.m.

Okobi “immediately assaulted” a deputy who got out of his vehicle and there was a struggle with other deputies who responded, the statement continued. It said Okobi was taken into custody and transported to a hospital, where he died. San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said Tasers were discharged at Okobi three to four times according to CNN.

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However, Okobi’s sister Ebele Okobi, Facebook’s public policy director for Africa made a post on Facebook stating that her family seen videos on Friday of her brother “getting tortured to death in broad daylight.”

“They were shocking because they contradicted, in every single particular, the statement that the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office released and to which San Mateo District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe referred in multiple news outlets after my brother’s murder,” Ebele wrote. Wagstaffe said the video will be released when an investigation into the incident has concluded. In a released statement, last week the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said it “also wants these videos released to the public as soon as possible. It is our understanding that there may still be witnesses to interview and therefore the release of video could influence the independent recollection of those witnesses. We need to provide the district attorney’s office with every ability to conduct a full and complete investigation.”