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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.
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Documents obtained by KERA News show that the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office restraint procedures and use of force policies haven't been updated for more than 15 years.
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After celebrating the retirement of former Tarrant County Jail Chief Charles Eckert, Commissioner Manny Ramirez received criticism from the family of Anthony Johnson Jr. who died inside the county jail in April.
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Protesters gathered outside the Tarrant County Corrections Center in Downtown Fort Worth to demand the release full video of Anthony Johnson Jr.'s death.
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Anthony Johnson Jr., 31, died in Tarrant County jail after he was pepper sprayed and detention officers knelt on his back during an altercation outside his cell.
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An update of Tarrant County's Election Integrity Task Force on Tuesday reported 82 voter fraud complaints. But no cases have been filed in 15 months.
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United My Justice and the family of Anthony Johnson Jr. protested outside of the Tarrant County Jail demanding the full video showing Johnson's death and called for Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn's resignation.
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The two jailers were fired following the in-custody death of Anthony Johnson Jr., but Sheriff Bill Waybourn said they're now on administrative leave.
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Anthony Johnson Jr. died in jail custody last month, after a jailer kneeled on his back. His cause of death has not yet been released.
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Waybourn fired two jailers and released video of the incident leading to the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. after pressure to make it public.
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Anthony Johnson died just three days after another person died in the Tarrant County Jail, the latest in a string of deaths during Sheriff Bill Waybourn's tenure. Alisa Simmons called the rate of jail deaths "unacceptable."
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A man who died Sunday in the Tarrant County jail is among more than 60 people who died in the jail since Sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017.