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State Senators Call For Arrests In Boot Camp Death
AP: Use Of Force Routine In Boot Camp
POSTED: 9:17 am EST March 17,
2006
PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- A group of state senators is calling for the immediate arrest of everyone involved in the case of Martin Anderson at the Bay County juvenile boot camp.ImagesThe 14-year-old boy died after being kneed, kicked and dragged at the boot camp on Jan. 5. He died the next day.
Bay County Medical Examiner Charles Siebert's autopsy ruled Anderson died of natural causes. But a second autopsy on Monday indicated otherwise.Several state senators accuse Bay County's medical examiner and sheriff's officials of trying to cover up a murder.The lawmakers are calling on the special prosecutor in the case to arrest and prosecute the boot camp guards, nurse, sheriff and medical examiner in Bay County.Meanwhile, the Associate Press reported that documents show that the boot camp guards had consistently used the same techniques on other youths.The Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the guards were involved in at least 63 other instances. They used knee strikes, hammer-fist blows, painful pressure point restraints and other physical encounters with detainees.Gov. Jeb Bush defends the state's boot camp system, noting the number of kids going into the adult system has dropped 42 percent during his tenure as governor.The Bay County camp no longer houses any juvenile and is being closed.
Previous Stories:
- March 14, 2006: Prosecutors Confirm Teen Beaten Didn't Die Of Natural Causes
- March 13, 2006: Second Autopsy Performed On Teen Who Died At Boot Camp
- March 10, 2006: Body Of Teen Who Died At Boot Camp Exhumed
- March 3, 2006: Body Of Teen Who Died At Boot Camp To Be Exhumed
- February 21, 2006: Bay County Ends State Contract To Run Boot Camp
- February 20, 2006: Nurse At Boot Camp During Teen's Beating Under Scrutiny
- February 17, 2006: Tape Released Showing Teen Beaten At Boot Camp
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