ICYMI: #HotTrendingTopic When Tyree Bell was 15 years old police wrongfully arrested him and sat on evidence proving his innocence for 3 weeks. He was recently awarded a settlement and police are offering him a formal apology.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A Black man who was arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks for a crime he did not commit reached a $900,000 settlement with the Kansas City Police Department. The settlement announced by attorneys for both sides Tuesday comes in a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Tyree Bell over his June 8, 2016, arrest.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri: A Black man who was arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks for a crime he did not commit reached a $900,000 settlement with the Kansas City Police Department. The settlement announced by attorneys for both sides Tuesday comes in a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Tyree Bell over his June 8, 2016, arrest. As part of the agreement, the
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