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Nevilledog

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13. Illegally jailed as minors, 1,450 eligible in $11M settlement from Rutherford County

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 9, 2021, 01:18 PM

Oct 2021

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The Tennessee Holler
@TheTNHoller
🚨PASS IT ON: “~1,450 people jailed illegally at the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center can claim a share of a $11 million class-action settlement… DEADLINE: Oct. 29, less than 200 have filed eligible claims, must be under 25 to qualify…”

Illegally jailed as minors, 1,450 eligible in $11M settlement from Rutherford County
People illegally jailed at the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center have an Oct. 29 deadline to file a claim in an $11 million settlement.
dnj.com
10:12 AM · Oct 9, 2021

https://www.dnj.com/story/news/2021/09/29/former-minors-illegally-incarcerated-can-get-cut-settlement/5897244001/

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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn't Exist. [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP

JFC HipChick Oct 2021 #1

Yet another shining example of... tonedevil Oct 2021 #2

There will be a lawsuit on this LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #3

Illegally jailed as minors, 1,450 eligible in $11M settlement from Rutherford County Nevilledog Oct 2021 #13

So they supposedly found nameless kids on a YT vid, but can't contact their actual victims? mackdaddy Oct 2021 #17

Damn, I couldn't even finish the article. That is so appalling and horrifying. Biophilic Oct 2021 #4

The article got more and more horrifying. I could barely read it. femmedem Oct 2021 #5

Wow, that is an outrageous story genxlib Oct 2021 #6

Authoritarian abuse and corruption (a preamble to atrocities). Duncan Grant Oct 2021 #7

So what is it here? The cops need more training, more funds, more body cameras? WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #8

Agreed Nevilledog Oct 2021 #12

More of this non sense. ga_girl Oct 2021 #9

Knew it had to be Tennessee! Duppers Oct 2021 #10

RawStory picked this up Duppers Oct 2021 #11

she just made her linked in private. good she knows the story of her corruption and heinous crimes Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #14

When we say how could things get worse, pull out this story. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #15

And nothing will happen to the POS judge dalton99a Oct 2021 #16