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"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 ...

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...

Going to be what we call facially neutral. the question is, are they being enforced selectively? it's been the core of the topic of discussion in the weeks -- in the time since freddie gray's death is that all of this comes back to the sense that there's selective enforcement of policing in our society and in our city of course. and so there's a concern in which sort of this is another example of that. and it's really clearly not needed. we're all calling for sort of a chance to reexamine how we've done things. let's start by lifting the curfew now that it's really clear that it's not needed. ...

We often have rules that are going to be what we call facially neutral. it's been the core of the topic of discussion sort inform weeks -- in the time since freddie gray's death is that all of this comes back to the sense that there's selective enforcement of policing in our society and in our city of course. and so there's a concern in which sort of this is another example of that. and it's really clearly not needed. we're all calling for sort of a chance to reexamine how we've done things. let's start by lifting the curfew now that it's really clear that it's not needed. >> sonia kumar, as s...

Other cities that have large protests that their activities impact our city, too. so at this point we're going to stay stable. >> joining us is sonia kumar, a staff attorney for the aclu. >> thank you for having me. >> why has the aclu asked to lift the curfew? >> we're joining a chorus of individuals, organizations and businesses that you and other media have been talking to all week saying that we've shown we're okay right now, we have the right to be out in our city, going about our daily lives. the situation is under control. we've had several -- we've had a number of protests that have be...