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Demovictory9

(32,449 posts) Thu Jun 13, 2019, 12:21 AM Jun 2019

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prison guards wheel inmate to a tucked away cell for a beat down. Didnt know cameras were rolling

https://nypost.com/video/prison-guards-brutally-beat-inmate-strapped-to-a-chair-video/

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prison guards wheel inmate to a tucked away cell for a beat down. Didnt know cameras were rolling (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2019 OP

Misdemeanor assault? WTF? yonder Jun 2019 #1

felony assault for guard #1. not sure why #2 doesn't get felony charge also Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #2

The guy was immobilized and helpless. They made an effort to conceal their actions. yonder Jun 2019 #3

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2019 #5

They should be held to a higher account than safeinOhio Jun 2019 #4

yonder

(9,663 posts)

1. Misdemeanor assault? WTF?

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 12:32 AM

Jun 2019

Why wouldn't that be felony assault?

Demovictory9

(32,449 posts)

2. felony assault for guard #1. not sure why #2 doesn't get felony charge also

Reply to yonder (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 12:33 AM

Jun 2019

yonder

(9,663 posts)

3. The guy was immobilized and helpless. They made an effort to conceal their actions.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 12:40 AM

Jun 2019

I don't get get why the second guy delivering fewer blows would be any less guilty. This is so wrong.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)

5. +1

Reply to yonder (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 07:58 AM

Jun 2019

safeinOhio

(32,674 posts)

4. They should be held to a higher account than

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2019, 06:56 AM

Jun 2019

those with less power.

Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

FBI needs to investigate.

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