Anthony Johnson Jr.

Johnson died after Tarrant County jailers pepper sprayed him, and one knelt on his back for more than a minute. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Johnson's death a homicide by asphyxiation.

It's not the first time the family of Anthony Johnson Jr. has been removed from the court while making calls for accountability and justice for his death.

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor dismissed claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers earlier this month, but the family want the county back on the suit.

A federal judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County and six of the named jailers, but nine defendants remain.

All 15 Tarrant County detention officers have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail custody.

The mother of Chasity Bonner, who died in jail earlier this year, brought her daughter’s ashes to Commissioners Court on Tuesday.

Commissioner Alisa Simmons is in Washington D.C., where she will speak with the U.S. Department of Justice about the Tarrant County Jail. There have been more than 65 deaths in the jail since Sheriff Bill Waybourn came into office.

Johnson's sisters called for the indictment of another jailer in their brother's death and for Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn to be disciplined.

The family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail custody, initially listed up to ten detention officers as "John Doe" in the lawsuit.

A draft of general orders for the entire sheriff’s office, which includes new guidance for use of force and restraints, was written in 2021 but never put in place.

Since his death, activists and at least one commissioner have joined Johnson's family in demanding the full video's release.

A lawsuit has been filed against Tarrant County, two former Tarrant County jailers, and unnamed jailers three months after Anthony Johnson Jr. died in the county jail.