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Alabama Prisoner Wins $100 in Excessive Force Suit

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008

Filed under: Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings. Location: Alabama.

On January 1, 2001 Herbert Ivory was an Alabama state prisoner. He was talking with a female guard when 2 sergeants, Michael Hazeley and Darryl Falls, attacked him for no reason. He was seen by a health care person and treated for bruises. Ivory filed suit in federal district court. ...

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