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January 20, 2022

Kansas DA Says No One Will Face Charges for Killing Black Teen Cedric Lofton
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In Kansas, a district attorney said he will not be filing charges for
the killing of Black teenager Cedric Lofton while in juvenile prison,
citing Kansas's "stand your ground" law. Seventeen-year-old Cedric
Lofton was arrested in September last year and removed from his foster
home. After arriving at a juvenile jail, staffers shackled and
handcuffed the unarmed teenager while he was face down on the ground.
Lofton lost consciousness shortly thereafter and died two days later. A
medical examiner ruled in December the cause of death was homicide.
Andrew Stroth, a lawyer for Lofton's family, said stand-your-ground laws
do not apply in this case, with Lofton posing no threat to the staffers
who killed him. "They basically took Cedric's breath away and killed
him," said Stroth.


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