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Shawnee family who lost 16-year-old son from fentanyl poisoning joins lawsuit against Snapchat

His parents and 50 others are suing the social media giant.

Shawnee family who lost 16-year-old son from fentanyl poisoning joins lawsuit against Snapchat

His parents and 50 others are suing the social media giant.

>> HE LOVED TO LIVE. REPORTER: 16-YEAR-OLD COEROP DAVIS LOVED ADVENTURE. >> YOU KNOW CLIFF JUMPING, HE WAS FEARLESS, JUST REAYLL FEARLE.SS REPORTER: LIBBY AND RANDY DAVIS, HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE THEIRON S LOVED THE WATER. LOVED THE OUTDOORS. >> I WOULD SAY THAT WAS HIS HAPPY PLE.AC REPORTER: AND IT WAS LAST YEAR, THOSE PICTURES OF COOPER, BECAME PRICELESS MEMORIES. >> THE NEXT THING WE KNEW WE WERE BEING INFORMED TH HAT WASN’T COMINGAC BK. REPORTER: ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON LAST AUGUST, THE DAVISESAY S COOPER AND THREE OF HIS FRIENDS GOT TWO FAKE PAIN PILLS FROM A DRUG DEALER IN MISSOURI. >> AND THEY WENT BACK TO A FRIEND’S HOUSE IN OUR AREA. IT WAS A SUNDAY AFTERNN.OO AND THE FOUR BOYS SHARED THE TWO PIS LLTHAT THEY HAD GOTT.EN THREE BOYS SURVIVED, AND COOPER DID T.NO COOPER TOOK A HALF PILL WI ATH DEADLY DOSE OF FENTANYL. INSIDE THIS CHICAGO LAB FOR THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, KMBC 9 INVESTIGATES RECENTLY SAW, THE SMALL AMOUNOFT FENTANYL IT TAKES TO KILL SOMEE,ON JUST A COUPLE MILLIGRAMS, A FEW FLAK.ES >>N OAVERAGE GETTING MORE CONCENTRATED. REPORT: ERFENTANYL IS PRESSED BY DRUG DEALERS INTO FAKE PAIN PILLS. PILES OF THOSE PILLS ARE NOW D.E.A. EVIDENCE IN FEDERAL CASES. >> YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU’RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER ATTH PILL, WITH THAT LETHAL DE.OS REPORTERHE: LDSEA INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AND KANSAS. THEY ARE STACKING UP. >> YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE PILLS AND POWDER COMING, COMING TO THE HEARTLAND. REPORTER: OFTEN THEY COME BY THE INTERSTA.TE THE MESA PLACE COOPER’S PICTURE NOW STANDS TL.AL >> WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE. OUR FIRST AWARENESS BILLBOARDS IN PLACE. REPORTER: A DIGITAL BILLBOARD FROM A FOUNDATION TO HONOR COOPER’S MORYME SAYS ONE DECISION, ONE PILL, ONE TIME IS ALL IT TES.AK >> THE MESSAGE, THE WARNING, THE RISKS THAT YOU’RE TAKING IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT. >> WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO US DAN THE FOUNDATION THAT WE’VE STARTED IS TO USE COOPER’S TRAGIC STORY TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE. REPORT
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Shawnee family who lost 16-year-old son from fentanyl poisoning joins lawsuit against Snapchat

His parents and 50 others are suing the social media giant.

A local family whose 16-year-old son died from fentanyl poisoning is taking part in a lawsuit against Snapchat. Cooper Davis died in 2021 after his parents said he took a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl. It was from a drug dealer on Snapchat. His parents and 50 others are suing the social media giant. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Kansas high school soccer teams raise awareness about fentanyl poisoning KCPD holds town hall warning about the dangers of fentanyl Affidavit: Kansas City man connected to 3 fentanyl deaths charged with fentanyl trafficking, illegal firearms Man indicted by federal jury for alleged fentanyl distribution conspiracy in Jackson County, Mo. The lawsuit accuses Snapchat of making it easy for people to buy drugs due to the platforms disappearing messages. “Time and time again we have seen the harm that Snapchat has done to families across the nation because of its role in connecting drug dealers to minors and young adults,” said Matthew P. Bergman, founding attorney of the Social Media Victims Law Center. “Snapchat is ending lives and tearing families apart because of its product features that facilitate the sale of counterfeit drugs on its platform and protects criminals.”

A local family whose 16-year-old son died from fentanyl poisoning is taking part in a lawsuit against Snapchat.

Cooper Davis died in 2021 after his parents said he took a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl. It was from a drug dealer on Snapchat.

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His parents and 50 others are suing the social media giant.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE:

The lawsuit accuses Snapchat of making it easy for people to buy drugs due to the platforms disappearing messages.

“Time and time again we have seen the harm that Snapchat has done to families across the nation because of its role in connecting drug dealers to minors and young adults,” said Matthew P. Bergman, founding attorney of the Social Media Victims Law Center. “Snapchat is ending lives and tearing families apart because of its product features that facilitate the sale of counterfeit drugs on its platform and protects criminals.”