St. Louis on the Air

10 years and $19M later, Mansur Ball-Bey's family is still fighting St. Louis for justice


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Ten years ago, the killing of a Black 18-year-old in St. Louis named Mansur Ball-Bey ignited protests and calls for justice. At the center of this killing were competing claims about whether Mansur was armed and why police opened fire. But in January this year, at trial for a wrongful death lawsuit, a federal jury awarded Ball-Bey’s family $19 million. Along with attorneys Javad Khazaeli and Jermaine Wooten, Mansur’s father Dennis Ball-Bey brings us inside the story of that trial, the key evidence that turned the case on its head, and why, instead of paying millions, the City of St. Louis is now fighting for a new trial.
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