Cedric Lofton, a black teenager in Kansas, died in custody. The prone position is on fire.

According to an autopsy report from the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center, 17-year-old Cedric Lofton died September 26 in Wichita, two days after police responded to a call describing the lack of information. adolescents who “behave erratically and aggressively.” While in custody at a juvenile detention center, Lofton’s ankles were shackled, his wrists were cuffed behind his back, and officers rolled him onto his chest – known as the prone position.