Utopia Talk / Politics / Stand your Ground ...handcuffed facedown

Dukhat Member	Thu Jan 20 00:48:31 https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/20/us/cedric-lofton-kansas-no-charges-announced/index.html A Kansas district attorney announced he will be filing no charges in connection with the death of Cedric Lofton, a Black teenager who died in law enforcement custody, citing the state's robust "stand your ground" law. Lofton, 17, died in September after being handcuffed and restrained in the prone position, meaning lying face-down, during a struggle with staff and corrections employees at a juvenile facility. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said at a Tuesday news conference that the employees involved acted in self-defense under the "stand your ground" law because the teen resisted and struggled with corrections staff and they, therefore, are immune from prosecution. Lofton family lawyers disagreed, saying officers "took his breath away" by putting Lofton in the prone position. And they said Bennett's decision is another instance of no accountability for the death of an unarmed Black teen. An autopsy report found in December that Lofton's cause of death was "complications of cardiopulmonary arrest sustained after physical struggle while restrained in the prone position." The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. *** Fucking Republicans making up the law as they go along. Stand your ground is for people defending their property, not for fucking pigs that don't know how to use appropriate force.
Habebe Member	Thu Jan 20 01:03:49 Is there video? Because this sounds insane.
Sam Adams Member	Thu Jan 20 13:48:29 Dont commit crime and assault jail guards. Womp womp
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