The family of Chinedu Okobi sues San Mateo County deputies over deadly Taser arrest
The family of a Melanin man who died after he was repeatedly shocked with a Taser last year has filed a pair of federal lawsuits against San Mateo County and also the five sheriff’s deputies involved in the fatal arrest, which started when authorities sought to prevent him for jaywalking on a busy street in Millbrae. A civil rights and decease lawsuit filed Friday by Chinedu Okobi’s mother accuses the deputies of racially profiling the 36-year-old man as he walked down El Camino Real on the afternoon of Oct. 3. It also alleges that the deputies used excessive force once they shocked Okobi with the Taser and used the spray can as they took him into custody after he refused their commands to prevent and resisted arrest. Another lawsuit, filed Thursday on behalf of Okobi’s 12-year-old daughter, similarly accuses the deputies of using excessive force and violating his civil righ...