CBS News: Arkansas police officer seen on video beating handcuffed inmate in back of patrol car fired

Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world – 138 points – Arkansas police officer seen on video beating handcuffed inmate in back of patrol car fired
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Billy Lee Coram, the inmate in the back of the patrol car, is wearing a hospital gown and choking himself with a seatbelt wrapped his neck as the car is moving in the roughly 12-minute video. After the car pulls over, Harris opens the door and punches and elbows Coram several times in the face as he unwinds the belt.

Harris later slams the car door against Coram's head. Elliott said he didn't know what injuries Coram sustained from the beating.

Coram had been taken to the hospital after he told jail staff he had ingested fentanyl and had escaped the hospital. Harris had caught Coram and put him in his patrol car.

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Fun fact. While I worked as a prison officer, an inmate was escorted to a back room of the medical area and beaten handcuffed while 9 people listened. I reported it and nothing happened. None of the 9 people besides myself corroborated the attack. Then my warden denied my transfer request and attempted to kill me by putting me back under the command of the person I had reported for abuse.

Guess it's not really a fun fact.

American prisons are a horror show, I can confidently say I would rather die.

My mother after I quit tried to pressure me to go back repetitively. Or take a job at another facility. I told her to look me in the eye while I say this, I would rather kill myself than do that again. Only evil people can stay at a job like that.

Holy shit. This was more than I imagined from the article.

https://www.instagram.com/official_stevanteclark/reel/C-nwZz5yCK3/

What the fuck was he doing to his chest right before he slammed the door on his head for a second time?

Sternum rub. It’s a way to check if people are faking being unconscious since it’s pretty painful.

Was there something in his hand?

Physician here, sternal rubs can be done with knuckles. Looks like he was using a baton and kept doing it even after the guy starting waking up. Needless to say, he was unecessarily rough. Total POS.