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$2,000 Settlement in Slander Case; Guard Labeling Prisoner a Snitch

Loaded on March 15, 2011

Filed under: Retaliation, Snitch Jacketing. Location: District of Columbia.

The District of Columbia (DC) paid $2,000 to settle a slander suit filed by prisoner Eric Brown. His complaint alleged that following a February 19, 1998 homicide at the DC Jail, a guard told other guards and prisoners that Brown was a snitch.

Brown says he did not see the ...

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