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Outrage grows over Camden jail beating

By Tarik Minor - News4Jax
Published on November 16, 2022 at 11:45 am
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More outrage is surfacing over the beating of a 41-year-old man at the Camden County Detention Center.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, and NAACP presidents across the country have denounced the beating.

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A video shows at least four corrections officer wrestling with inmate Jarrett Hobbs, while other officers hit him repeatedly. They continue to throw punches even though it appears Hobbs was not fighting back. A second video released by Hobbs’ attorney shows him being pulled out of the cell and wrestled to the ground.

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author image Tarik Minor joined News4Jax in March 2010. Before moving to Jacksonville, he worked at WKMG-TV, Local 6, in Orlando as the Volusia County bureau chief for 10 years. Tarik's news career began in Washington, D.C., at NBC 4 as a production assistant. He took his first reporting job in Alexandria, La., and then moved on to Baton Rouge before moving to the Sunshine State.

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