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Eighth Circuit: Pepper Spraying Prisoner's Genitals Not Excessive Force
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2017
by Christopher Zoukis
Filed under:
Eighth Amendment,
Pepper Spray/Tear Gas,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
Missouri.
by Christopher Zoukis
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed a district court's finding that a Missouri prison guard did not use excessive force when he pepper sprayed a prisoner four times, including a shot straight to the genitals.
Kevin Ward was …
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