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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 25, 2022

Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate alleged excessive use of force during a traffic stop in Collegedale and alleged crimes being committed at the Silverdale Detention Center, which is operated by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Since the first of the year, there have been three rapes inside Silverdale, as well as a stabbing, an alleged severe beating, and reports of multiple drug overdoses, Chattanoogan.com reports.