Jamal Sutherland died in January 2021after two deputies used pepper spray and stun guns while trying to remove him from his jail cell for a hearing.
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J. Alexander Kueng pleads guilty as last trial over George Floyd’s death begins
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Mississippi police department sued after chief fired over racist, homophobic rant
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