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December 16, 2016

NYC: Ex-Rikers Officer Guilty of Beating Prisoner to Death in 2012
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In New York City, a jury has convicted former Rikers correction officer
Brian Coll of beating prisoner Ronald Spear to death in 2012. Officer
Coll was accused of repeatedly kicking Spear in the head while two other
officers held him down. During the trial, the prosecutors said not only
did Officer Coll not regret killing Ronald Spear, but he was proud of it
and displayed a framed article from The Village Voice about the killing
in his bedroom. Officer Coll faces life in prison.


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