Officers say inmate lied about use of excessive force

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The corrections officers accused of using excessive force against an inmate at the former Maryland House of Correction, say they never kicked or stomped the resistant inmate during a July 2006 strip search.

“He definitely was lying,” said Capt. Manuel Williams who supervised the search of inmate Bradford Matthews on July 26, 2006 at the prison chapel.

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