CPR with their feet? He had bootshaped bruises all over his rib cage. And I know CPR can cause injuries, but breaking every single rib?
The NPR story is quite different from the one in the St Pete Times. Apparently several of the guards involved had histories of being violent--beating up wives and neighbors and being issued restraining orders and such.
frances
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Michael Perelman wrote:
> NPR reported that the police did not try to break his ribs. They were only
> performing CPR. Humanitarianism everwhere!
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> frances bolton wrote:
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> > One death row inmate (who was there for killing a cop) recently died while
> > guards weretrying to "subdue him." Prison officials are having trouble
> > explaining all the bootmarks on the man's body, and why every single one of
> > his ribs were broken.
> >
> > Frances
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