WICHITA, Kan. — A federal court in Kansas dismissed deliberate indifference, negligent training and constitutional claims brought against the city of Wichita and Sedgwick County on behalf of a Black teen who died at a juvenile detention center after he was pinned in a prone position for almost 40 minutes. The family’s allegations were missing essential elements of these claims.
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