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October 18, 2018

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