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Family of black boy whose neck deputy knelt on files lawsuit

| June 18, 2020 3:30 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mother of a 12-year-old African American boy filed a $300,000 lawsuit Thursday, saying three Clackamas County Sheriff’s deputies pinned him down to the ground -- one by kneeling on his neck.

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