Coroner: Ohio Beating Death is Homicide
By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Wed Dec 03, 2003 at 03:39:08 PM EST
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Posted on Wed Dec 03, 2003 at 03:39:08 PM EST
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The death of the 350 pound African American man beaten by Ohio cops earlier this week was not caused by the drugs he ingested. The coroner has ruled the death a homicide--saying it was caused by the struggle with the cops.
The coroner stopped short of saying the police used excessive force. We watched the video on tv and it looked excessive to us--particularly the repeated blows with the officers' clubs which lasted several minutes. Black activists in Cincinnati feel the same way.
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