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| Questions raised on use of deadly force during Tecumseh riot |
| By beatricedailysun.com- JoAnne Young |
| Published: 11/13/2015 |
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LINCOLN -- Questions are being raised about deadly force gunshots that were fired at inmates during the May 10 riot at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution. At a hearing last week of the Legislature's Department of Correctional Services Special Investigative Committee, state Ombudsman Marshall Lux gave his perspective of the riot, based on video from inside the prison that day, his staff's interviews of inmates officers and department reports. He and Omaha Sen. Ernie Chambers questioned whether a corrections officer may have hit the wrong inmate -- Rashad Washington -- with a deadly force shot, whether discipline hearings were done appropriately, if warning shots were used correctly and if other shots put some inmates at unnecessary risk. The department's own critical incident team previously questioned lethal force procedures. Several reports -- one on the riot by the ombudsman's office, a Tecumseh critical incident team report and an updated corrective action plan by the department -- touched on the shootings. Read More. |
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