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Students protest, family seeks answers after video shows officer beating teen at Fairfield High
The family of a 16-year-old Fairfield High School student is calling for an investigation after a viral video showed the teen being struck repeatedly by a police officer following a fight at the school. In a press conference Friday, the family of Maurice Williams said he suffered from headaches and “dizzy spells” since the incident […] The post Students protest, family seeks answers after video shows officer beating teen at Fairfield High appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Students protest, family seeks answers after video shows officer beating teen at Fairfield High, The family of a 16-year-old Fairfield High School student is calling for an investigation after a viral video showed the teen being struck repeatedly by a police officer following a fight at the school. In a press conference Friday, the family of Maurice Williams said he suffered from headaches and “dizzy spells” since the incident […] The post Students protest, family seeks answers after video shows officer beating teen at Fairfield High appeared first on Local News Matters .
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