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Supreme Court takes up religious claim by Rasta

Chrissy 6/23/25, 5:32:18 PM
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debut: 11/14/02
201,170 runs

]Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were cut by prison officials

Landor had served all but three weeks of his five-month sentence imposed for a drug-related criminal conviction in Louisiana when he was transferred to the Raymond Laborde Correction Center.

He was holding a copy of a court ruling that made it clear that practicing Rastafarians should be given a religious accommodation allowing them to keep their dreadlocks.

But a prison officer dismissed his concerns and Landor was handcuffed to a chair while two officers shaved his head..


Gwan my dread.
Brerzerk 6/23/25, 5:45:30 PM
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debut: 3/16/21
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In reply to Chrissy

I cannot believe that the state is arguing "yes we wronged you but no monetary compensation!"

Forcing them to pay over taxpayers money and then have taxpayers vote them out is perhaps the only punitive action if and when voters awake.

Additionally the officer who ordered the action should be imprisoned.