A U.S. district judge dismissed the claims against Tarrant County in the civil case brought by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who was killed ... medical staff from John Peter Smith Hospital ...

The family of Anthony Johnson Jr. — who died in Tarrant County Jail custody last year — is trying to keep Tarrant County on as a defendant in their lawsuit against the county and 15 jailers.

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 ...

Anthony Johnson Jr. with his mother ... The attorney and the family have said that the video shows that medical staff from John Peter Smith Hospital working at the jail did not render proper ...

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.” ...