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Family of Black Teen Slain by Police Awarded $28M

HeadlineMar 12, 2008

In Pennsylvania, a federal jury has awarded $28 million to the family of an African American boy slain by police more than five years ago. Michael Ellerbe was twelve years old when officers shot him in the back during a foot chase on Christmas Eve in 2002. Police say Ellerbe had been inside a stolen vehicle. He was unarmed. A civil suit from Ellerbe’s family said the officers had no cause to open fire.

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