Tarrant County, Anthony Johnson

Judge dismisses Tarrant County from lawsuit filed by family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail; criminal case continues
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor dismissed the lawsuit against Tarrant County and six individual defendants. It continues against nine other individuals named in the compla
Federal judge dismisses Tarrant County from lawsuit in jail death of Anthony Johnson Jr.
This is not going to change nothing,” said Daryl Washington, the attorney for Johnson’s family. “It doesn’t change the fact that Anthony was killed. Not only killed, he was murdered.”
Lawsuit filed by Tarrant County inmate Anthony Johnson's family dismissed
A district court judge dismissed a lawsuit from the family of a man who died in the Tarrant County jail last year.
Tarrant County approves another $20,000 to defend jailer in Anthony Johnson Jr. wrongful death suit
Johnson died in Tarrant County Jail custody, and his death was ruled a homicide. Two jailers were charged with murder and 15 were included in a lawsuit filed by his family.
Federal judge dismisses Tarrant County from civil lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.'s death in custody
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on Friday dismissed claims against Tarrant County in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in custody at the Tarrant County Jail in April 2024,
Lawyer for family of man who died in Tarrant County jail calls sheriff ‘out of touch’
Washington said the sheriff’s statement shows that he is “out of touch” with reality and reiterated calls for the release of the full video of Johnson’s death.
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Tarrant County, six others dismissed from in-custody death civil suit
Anthony Johnson Jr died while in custody in April 2024 after a struggle with detention officers outside of his cell. Surveillance video from the jail showed an officer placing his knee on Johnson ...
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Anthony Johnson
In some ways he was a lucky man. To be sure, finding yourself in bondage on a Virginia tobacco plantation was not the result of good luck, but Anthony Johnson would rise above his low status and ...
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In protest at Tarrant jail, Anthony Johnson Jr. family demands release of full video
Read the latest in our coverage of the Tarrant County jail. The family of Anthony Johnson Jr. says they’re no longer asking Sheriff Bill Waybourn to release the full video of Johnson’s death ...
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Tarrant County dropped from lawsuit over Anthony Johnson Jr.’s death in custody
Anthony Johnson Sr. speaks outside the Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting on July 2, 2024, in downtown Fort Worth, after two jailers were indicted for murder for the death of his son ...