THE father of a 19-year-old has revealed his son's final words before his death, which has a chilling link to the George Floyd case. Family of Anton Black, the teen who died after being chased and held down by white police officers in Maryland for over six minutes in 2018, is speaking out again.
Facebook/anton.black.71619-year-old Anton Black died after being held down by Maryland police officers in 2018 '/ '
Refer to Caption46-year-old George Floyd was killed in 2020 after being held down by police in Minneapolis '/ ' NBC Dateline is set to air a special this Friday with host Lester Holt that covers a year-long investigation into everything that has happened since Black's death, including interviews with parents Antone and Jenell. Antone said that he saw his son ...begging for his life... and screaming for his mother as police officer Thomas Webster IV and off-duty officers Gary Manos and Dennis Lannon held the teen down on September 15, 2018. ...My son was George Floyd before George Floyd,... Antone told NBC Dateline. Floyd died about two years after Anton in a strikingly similar incident, as he was held down by a white police officer until he became unconscious and unresponsive. Read More On Crime
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NBCAntone (left) and Jenell Black (right) are speaking out in a NBC Dateline special about Anton's death '/ '
APFormer police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with murder after the death of George Floyd in May of 2020 '/ '
