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Detainee's Beating is Cruel and Unusual
Loaded on March 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1992, page 4
Detainee's Beating Is Cruel And Unusual
Filed under:
Injury -- Misc.,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Civil Procedure,
Summary Judgment,
State Law Claims.
Location:
Oklahoma.
Marcus Miller was a detainee in the Tulsa, OK, jail when he was ordered out of the jail law library. Miller refused and jail guards knocked him to the floor, handcuffed him and put him in a holding cell where they beat, kicked, stomped …
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