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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jeff Amy

Former Georgia jail guard abused inmates with Taser and lied about it, authorities say

Jail Guard Indicted Georgia - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A former Fulton County jail guard has been indicted on federal civil rights charges after prosecutors said she used her Taser abusively against three inmates and then lied to cover it up.

Khadijah Solomon, a 47-year-old Fairburn resident, pleaded not guilty to the six-count indictment in federal court in Atlanta on Tuesday and was released on bail. The troubled jail where Solomon worked has been under a federal civil rights investigation for the past two years and was also the site where Donald Trump surrendered on election interference charges in 2023.

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