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With the investigation of a detainee's homicide inside a cell in Prince George's County stretching past its fourth day, the local chapter of the NAACP criticized authorities yesterday for not suspending the nine officers who worked in the area where the death occurred.
"There are nine individuals identified and all are still employed and still on duty," said June White Dillard, the NAACP chapter president. "We feel it is imperative that they be placed on administrative leave until a complete and thorough investigation has been completed into the homicide of Ronnie White."
Accused of running down and killing a Prince George's County police officer on Friday, 19-year-old Ronnie L. White was found dead in a solitary-confinement cell on Sunday morning. The Maryland State Police were brought in as the lead agency in a criminal investigation that is being overseen by the county's top prosecutor, Glenn F. Ivey. The FBI is also involved in the case, having launched a civil rights investigation on Monday.
NAACP decries Prince George's jail probe -- baltimoresun.com
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