Story out of Essex, Maryland:
A 21-year-old Baltimore County man died Wednesday, days after police say he struggled with several police officers in Middle River.
Tawon Boyd was injured in the confrontation Sunday morning, authorities said, but they did not provide details. An attorney for Boyd’s family said his kidneys and heart failed.
Police say officers who were called to the first block of Akin Circle in Middle River just after 3 a.m. Sunday arrived at a chaotic scene. They said Boyd’s girlfriend had called 911 and said he was acting “crazy.”
Officers said they found Boyd “confused and paranoid, sweating heavily.”
Boyd tried to run to different police cars and get inside and was banging on neighbors’ doors, according to police and his grandmother.
She said police used too much force to restrain him.
“He was just hollering and screaming on the ground, and they just kept pushing him down, pushing him down, on his shoulder and back and stuff, hitting him,” Burch said. “He was trying to get them off of him.”
Police said Boyd resisted arrest. They said three officers who restrained Boyd were injured. One wrote in a police report that he punched Boyd twice because Boyd was hanging onto him.
“Mr. Boyd was in need of medical attention, and the police responded with violence,” said Latoya Francis-Williams, the family’s attorney. “The police beat him into intensive care, and now he’s no longer with us.” Cont.
Story from - The Baltimore Sun
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