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RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Three towns on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will pay $5 million to the family of a Black teenager who was killed in an encounter with police officers almost four years ago, according to the attorneys for the family. Anton Black, a 19-year-old former star high school athlete, died on Sept. 15, 2018,
Three towns on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will pay $5 million to the family of a Black teenager who was killed in an encounter with police officers in 2018.
19-year-old Anton Black died after Maryland officers pinned his legs, arms, and shoulders and held him face down for six minutes, the family's lawsuit said.
(NEW YORK) -- Three towns on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will pay $5 million to the family of a Black teenager who was killed in an encounter with police officers
Family of Maryland teen who died in encounter with police sues in federal court Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post Dec. 17, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail Brandon Jackson, brother of Anton Black, and Janell Black, Anton's mother, in Greensboro, Md.Washington Post photo by Courtland Milloy. The family of a young Black man from Maryland's Eastern Shore who died during an encounter with police filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the officers, the state medical examiner, the three towns where the officers served and the two police chiefs involved in the case. Anton Black, 19, died two years ago...