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August 27, 2014

Tennessee: Sheriff's Officer Fired After Photos Show Him Choking Student 
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In Tennessee, a Knox County Sheriff's officer has been fired after
photographs showed him choking a college student until he collapsed. A
sequence of photographs published in Britain's Daily Mail showed officer
Frank Phillips squeezing his hands around Jarod Dotson's neck until
Dotson fell to his knees. Police charged Dotson with public intoxication
and resisting arrest.

 

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