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DC police officers found guilty in fatal pursuit of man on electric scooter

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Two Washington, D.C., police officers have been found guilty in the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown during a vehicle chase. Two Washington, D.C., police officers were found guilty in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown during a police pursuit. On Oct. 23, 2020, Hylton-Brown was driving an electric scooter without a helmet on a sidewalk when two Metropolitan police officers attempted to stop Hylton-Brown. Body camera footage released by the MPD shows officers following Hylton-Brown down an alleyway, where he is hit by a civilian's car as Hylton-Brown turned onto a busy street during the chase. He died at a hospital a few days later, according to officials. In this Nov. 6, 2020, file photo, the mother of Karon Hylton holds a candle as friends and family gather for a vigil in Hylton's memory two weeks after he was involved in a fatal traffic collision in Washington, D.C. Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via AP, FILE The officer who led the chase, Terence Sutton, was found guilty of second-...