Michael Eric Dyson Instagram – @marcia_l_dyson
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The great thing about being a team member for @unitedjusticecoalition is that members can bring to light situations where policing failed. The Anton Black story is such a case. After speaking to Anton‘s parents and his attorneys @marcia_l_dyson thought it was very important to bring Anton family’s angst to the coalition. Please watch this horrific story tonight and know why social activism is at the heart of all I do. She credits another team member for going the extra mile with the story.
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Two years before George Floyd’s murder, 19-year-old Anton Black also died under the weight of police officers as he cried out for his mother. In the tiny town of Greensboro, Maryland, Anton was a star athlete and a budding model who had recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. A 2018 encounter with Thomas Webster, an officer with a troubling past, changed everything…especially because town officials had been warned in advance not to hire Webster.
Like George Floyd, Anton’s case galvanized a community seeking justice and touched many of the fault lines in the heated debate about policing in America. It’s the kind of incident that occurs all too often, but unlike George Floyd, seldom makes national news.
On Friday August 5th on @datelinenbc at 10e/9c, a @lesterholtnbc exclusive details the results of our year-long investigation into the death of Anton Black. | Posted on 06/Aug/2022 06:36:35
