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New IG Report Details Bizarre And Violent Training Exercise Conducted By Bureau Of Prisons Team

Members of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and other law enforcement block 16th Street, NW near the White House as protests over the death of George Floyd continue on June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan ... Members of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and other law enforcement block 16th Street, NW near the White House as protests over the death of George Floyd continue on June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

June 18, 2020 4:45 p.m.

Members of a prison riot response squad — part of the same type of federal crisis management team sent to Washington D.C. to help patrol the recent protests — last year engaged in a pair of bizarre, chaotic and violent training exercises that left at least one staff member injured to the point of needing surgery.

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