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Two Illinois EMS workers accused of killing Earl Moore Jr. by strapping him tightly against a stretcher appeared in court Thursday.

Two Central Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a hospital last month.

The lawsuit was filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court, with nationally known civil rights attorney Ben Crump representing the family

The suit filed Thursday names the privately-run ambulance service Lifestar and two emergency services workers.

Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a hospital last month.

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown

Two Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a

Two Central Illinois paramedics face first-degree murder charges, having been accused of strapping a patient facedown on a stretcher while taking him to a hospital last month.

An autopsy found that the patient, who was reportedly suffering from alcohol hallucinations, died from “compressional and positional asphyxia.”

Marchers braved the rain as part of the holiday tradition though much of the focus was on Earl Moore Jr., who died after EMS workers strapped him to a cot