Homeless Black Man Jailed For Months For Trying To Buy Burger King, Files $1-Million Suit

Emory Ellis spent three months in jail after being wrongfully accused of using a counterfeit $10 bill for breakfast. So he’s suing for nearly $1 million.

by SHARON LYNN PRUITT

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Emory Ellis, a homeless black man from Boston, Massachusetts, was just trying to buy breakfast, and ended up in jail for a quarter of a year.