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Inmate Assaulted by Guard Wins Suit

Loaded on July 15, 1992 published in Prison Legal News July, 1992, page 7
Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Municipal Liability. Location: Tennessee.
An inmate's suit claimed that he was beaten by a number of officers in the presence of the sheriff. The court found that the beating was unprovoked. It was possible that the inmate had been talking loudly, but "that was no justification for beating him."

"In this case, the evidence ...

 

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