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Family of US Black man killed by MD police reaches $5m settlement

Jennell Black, mother of Anton Black, looks at a collection of her son's belongings in 2019. The family reached a settlement for a lawsuit against several police officers on August 8, 2022 [File: Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]

Relatives of 19-year-old Anton Black, who died after being detained by police officers in Maryland, have reached a $5m partial settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit.

The agreement includes changes to police training and policies, lawyers for the family of the Black American said on Monday. The federal lawsuit accused Maryland police of excessive force against Anton Black, whom they apprehended outside of his family’s home in Greensboro, Maryland in 2018.

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