Jailer Punished

A federal judge <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Jailer.pdf">ordered</a></strong> the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and a former officer to pay a former inmate $250,000 in damages Tuesday because the officer punched him in the head, ripping out his cornea and blinding him in one eye.

HOUSTON — A federal judge ordered the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and a former officer to pay a former inmate $250,000 in damages Tuesday because the officer punched him in the head, ripping out his cornea and blinding him in one eye.

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