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April 12, 2019

Video: Police Filmed Dragging Teen Down Flight of Stairs & Tasering Her at Chicago High School
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Shocking surveillance video from inside a Chicago high school has been
released showing police officers pushing and dragging a 16-year-old
African-American student down a flight of stairs before they beat and
tased her. The incident occurred in January, and the video directly
contradicts the initial claim of the officers that the student was to
blame for the violence. The student was initially charged with two
felony counts, but the charges were later dropped. Her family is now
suing the city.


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