Maryland towns to pay $5 million after teen killed in police encounter, family attorneys say

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"I had to watch those police officers kill my son, while he pleaded for his life and called out to me. There are no words to describe the immense hurt that I will always feel when I think back on that tragic day, when I think of my son," Black's mother, Janell Black, said in a statement Monday. The changes include an overhaul in "use of force" policies for the three Eastern Shore municipalities, more resources for police confronting mental health emergencies and mandated officer training in de-escalation, intervention and implicit bias, the lawyers say. The policy changes also strengthen hiring transparency and public complaint reporting.

Black had been diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder just months before the incident, the lawsuit said. At the time of the 911 call and police response, Black was enduring a mental health crisis, according to the lawsuit. David Fowler, the state medical examiner at the time, released an autopsy four months after the incident that instead blamed congenital heart abnormalities for Black's death, classifying the death as an accident. Fowler said there was no evidence that the police officer's actions had caused the death.

Good, but NOT ENOUGH!

Keep taking their money. They do not care as long as it’s a Black person killed. They will go bankrupt before they acknowledge that something is wrong. Even then it probably won’t cause anything to change. Help them along that path to a choice.

I hope my friend can get justice like this one day💔

The democrat way. Just throw money at problems.

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