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CLARIFICATION: This report updates the type of use of force reports in Thomas Webster IV's file. As motions pile up urging a federal court to put to rest a lawsuit over the death of a Black teen in the custody of Eastern Shore police officers, a former Pocomoke City official has been added to the legal battle’s laundry list of defendants. Anton Black, 19, died after a September 2018 encounter with police officers in the Caroline County town of Greensboro, Maryland.  What began as a 911 call reporting that Anton Black was pulling a child down the road with him ended with him unresponsive ...

"When the State finally released its autopsy findings, officials outrageously contended that Anton’s bipolar disorder was a contributing cause of death, as opposed to the law enforcement officers’ brutal actions in chasing, tasing, and pinning Anton down under hundreds of pounds of weight for six minutes until he lost consciousness and stopped breathing," the lawsuit states. The complaint alleges law enforcement "improperly influenced" the medical examiner. The lawsuit points to a supplemental Maryland State Police report which included discussion with the medical examiner that "Black's ...