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Walgreens Fatal Shooting: Family Files Lawsuit, Seeking $25M

  • Memorial services were held for Banko Brown, a transgender man fatally shot by a Walgreens security guard in San Francisco.
  • A fight broke out at Brown's funeral over who should be referred to as his mother.
  • Brown's family is suing Walgreens, the security guard Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, and his employer Kingdom Protective Services over Brown's death.
  • The family's attorney John Burris argued that Anthony was unfit for the job and should not have been armed.
  • California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced he would review District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' decision not to charge Anthony in the shooting.
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