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Community task force calls for federal investigation into Wichita juvenile center death

Authorities say the FBI is reviewing the death of a Black teenager who died after he was restrained at a Kansas juvenile detention center

Community task force calls for federal investigation into Wichita juvenile center death

WICHITA — The FBI is reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center, a Sedgwick Cou

Cedric Lofton, 17, was handcuffed and placed face down at a detention center in Wichita, Kan., last year. The district attorney says the employees were acting in self-defense.

A coalition of community groups demanded Monday that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical struggle

A coalition of community groups is demanding that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical altercation with staff at a Kansas juvenile center

A coalition of community groups demanded Monday that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical struggle with staff at a Kansas juvenile center.

Community groups and the family of Cedric Lofton called for the release of surveillance footage of the police encounter that led to the 17-year-olds death.

A coalition of community groups demanded Monday that a special prosecutor be appointed in...