Federal Judge Refuses to Toss Out Lawsuit from Anton Black's Estate
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Federal Judge Refuses to Toss Out Lawsuit from Anton Black’s Estate After Video Shows a Throng of Officers, Including a Bystander Restrain and Press Their Body Weight On Teen Before He Dies; Family Rejoices
A federal judge will allow a grieving family to sue police officers, the state of Maryland, town of Greensboro, members of the Greensboro Police Department, the chief medical examiner, and others for the death of their 19-year-old relative in 2018.
U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake declined to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the family of Anton Black against several parties, including local law enforcement, in what they believe was the wrongful death of the young college student. The family hopes this is a step to the long journey of securing justice for Anton, a path that started more than three years ago.
On Sept. 15, 2018, Black was killed in police custody in the Eastern Shore city of Greensboro in an encounter initiated by an officer with some 30 use-of-force complaints against him in a previous police position in Delaware, including one where he kicked a handcuffed Black man in the face and knocked out his teeth.
Greensboro Officer Thomas Webster IV — who has since been fired from the department — confronted the young man after someone called 911 about a possible child abduction. Someone saw a Black man with a child in a headlock. However, the concerned caller did not know that it was Black and a young family friend who had been out for a trip to a local basketball court.
Black, who had been hospitalized just days earlier with mental health issues — when he was diagnosed as bipolar — was initially cooperative when he and his 12-year-old friend were called over to the police cruiser by Webster. At some point during their interaction the boy that was allegedly being kidnapped, identified himself as a family friend, contradicting Black’s claim that the two were brothers. /SNIP
https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/02/13/federal-judge-refuses-to-toss-out-lawsuit-from-anton-blacks-estate-after-video-shows-a-throng-of-officers-including-a-bystander-restrain-and-press-their-body-weight-on-teen-before-he-dies-family-r/?fbclid=IwAR3e51U6Vb6SeUybfRhzTpTO-vOkRTzvXwoEdt0RAp_6o7V_Mt2hKenxk-s
Oh, and the "bystander was a biker wearing a confederate flag helmet. 
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