“The mother of a 17-year-old boy has filed a federal lawsuit against the Huntsville Police Department claiming that officers killed the boy by tackling him to the ground, breaking his ribs, pepper-spraying him, and shoving a sharp object down his throat.

In March, the boy’s mother, Nancy Smith, filed the claim for assault and battery, wrongful death and excessive force.

The young man, whose first name is not mentioned in the lawsuit, was allegedly set up in a drug bust. When plainclothes officers — who did not identify themselves as officers — approached Smith, he fled.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Lina Batarags / Opposing Views:

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/crime/police-shove-sharp-object-down-teen-s-throat-attempt-find-drugs-don-t-find-drugs