By Michael G. Stogner
Yesterday July 20, 2020, 21 months after Six San Mateo County Sheriff Employees Killed 36 year old Chinedu V. Okobi on El Camino Real in Millbrae/San Bruno The Supervisors discussed in Closed Session the progress of the two Civil Lawsuits that the relatives have brought against San Mateo County and a long list of Employees who were involved in the Misinformation aka Lying to the Residents of SMC about what actually occurred on October 3, 2018.
This happens every time Law Enforcement in San Mateo County kills a man or woman. The San Mateo County Media, San Mateo County Counsel, and San Mateo County Supervisors join in the character assassination of the DECEASED.
In Chinedu’s case everyone knows by now that the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has No Plan in place on how to make a Pedestrian Stop. Thats right Chinedu Okobi was simply walking down the sidewalk while Black when Sheriff Deputy Joshua Wang spotted him while he was traveling northbound in his patrol car. He activated his lights which activated his dashboard video camera which shows him making a U-turn.
Within 8 minutes Chinedu was Tased 7 times, struck with extended baton, Dogpiled by SIX SMC Employees and sprayed with O.C. spray in the face at close range while being handcuffed where he died. From that moment on San Mateo County started to promote the false story of “He was breathing and had a pulse when the Sheriff’s Office Employees turn him over to the AMR people.”
Nothing could be further from the Truth.
There is NO EVIDENCE that any of the Six Employees checked Chinedu Okobi’s pulse or provided ANY Life Saving measures after he was handcuffed and approximately 9:30 minutes passed before ARM people touched him.
How much Taxpayer Money has SMC Supervisors approved for this legal action? How much have they spent to date?
Today 9:00 AM U.S. Court for the 2 Civil cases
San Mateo County News 
Aside from the human tragedy of multiple instances of SMC citizens being killed by SMC Sheriffs Dept, employees, any supposed cost savings by cities contracting with SMC Sheriff Dept. for law enforcement services-instead of maintaining their own police departments-is lost after multi-million dollar settlements being paid out to victims families.
Add to this poor economic model, the fact that these cities don’t have real police chiefs who are accountable to the cities they supposedly represent, and a Sheriff who ignores lawful requests by city managers and councils, such as releasing the Axon logs for the Harmon case in Half Moon Bay.
It is time for comprehensive reform of the SMCSD, starting with the election of a new Sheriff, and not his proxy, the Captain who recently announced her candidacy-the Millbrae “Police Chief”, the same city where Chinedu Okobi was killed by her deputies.