Apartment Complex Sale Stopped After Black Graves Are Discovered Underneath

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A Maryland judge stepped in to stop the sale of an apartment complex after discovering Black people were buried underneath the parking lot.
A group of Bethesda community members banded together to submit “overwhelming evidence” that a portion of the Westwood Tower was used as a burial site for freed Black people and their descendants. As a result, Judge Karla Smith took action to halt the complex’s sale.
According to NBC News, Smith said “many bodies l