BALTIMORE — The family of a Baltimore man who died in police custody is being represented by an attorney after Maryland’s chief medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Attorneys from Greenberg Law Offices, representing the family of 31-year-old Dontae Melton Jr., will hold a news conference Tuesday to speak on the case.

“Dontae was a son, brother, father of two, and friend to many,” the firm said in a statement Thursday. “In the midst of a mental health crisis, he sought help from police. Instead of compassion, he was met with force. He was handcuffed, forced to the ground, and left injured. … His death was not an accident.”

Earlier this week, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General released more than six hours of body-camera footage capturing Melton’s final encounter with Balt

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