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"Mommy Help": Cops Pin Down Teen in Front of His Parents for Six Minutes Until He Stops Breathing and Dies

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On September 15, 2018, Anton Black's family watched in horror as Greensboro police officers followed their 19-year-old son to the door of their house, pinned him down, and then kneeled on him for six minutes until he became unconscious and died. Since that awful day over four years ago, no one has been held responsible for his death. This Thursday, the Maryland taxpayers were informed that they would be held accountable for the actions of the implicated cops to the tune of $5,000,000.00. The parents of Black recently resolved a federal lawsuit alleging that their son's death in custody was racist and illegal. The complaint also says that the state medical examiner worked with the police to hide "wrongdoing by officers." Less than a year after his death, the cops responsible were exonerated. Now, the family hopes that their son's death will not have been in vain and that all agencies engaged in Black's murder will undergo transformation. "It's an old-f