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Feds: Prison Guards Beat Black Inmate, Took His Dreadlocks as a ‘Trophy’

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Three New York correctional officers have been charged with torturing an inmate, using his hair as decorations, and then faking their own injuries to justify the assault.

Kelly Weill

Published Sep. 21 2016 11:56AM EDT

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Kelly Weill

Kelly Weill

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