Article 5VA80 Video shows juvenile facility staff held Black teen facedown before his death

Video shows juvenile facility staff held Black teen facedown before his death

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Corrections center staff will not be charged in Cedric Lofton's death in September due to Kansas' stand your ground' law

Surveillance video shows a Black 17-year-old struggling with staff at a Wichita juvenile center last fall before his death, which followed being restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes.

Late on Friday, Sedgwick county released 18 video clips of what happened before Cedric Lofton was rushed to a hospital on 24 September. He died two days later.

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