Family of slain Nevada inmate alleges guards staged fight
Source: Associated Press
Family of slain Nevada inmate alleges guards staged fight
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press | April 7, 2015 | Updated: April 7, 2015 10:25pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada prison guards created a "gladiator-like scenario" to let two handcuffed inmates fight before a corrections officer trainee fired four shotgun blasts, killing one prisoner and wounding the other, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Cal Potter, attorney for the family of the slain inmate, Carlos Manuel Perez Jr., characterized the Nov. 12 shooting at High Desert State Prison as an execution.
State officials declined to comment, citing the pending civil lawsuit filed in state court in Las Vegas.
Potter alleges guards and supervisors violated prison policy by allowing two inmates to encounter each other in a shower hallway in administrative segregation — part of the prison in Indian Springs where inmates are supposed to be kept apart for safety.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Lawsuit-filed-in-Nevada-shooting-death-by-prison-6185323.php
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would not surprise me in the least. That's some mean territory inside the walls of the amerikkkan prison system. I bet this is fun for the guards to be able to watch inmates beat each other to bloody gore and then have the guards unload SHOTGUNS into them. What a rush for those guys, huh??!!!!
Lawsuit??? We'll see..........