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Tarrant County Sheriff withdraws terminations of 2 jailers

Last week, a video of a confrontation with inmate Anthony Ray Johnson, Jr. was released. The sheriff says it showed a jailer place a knee on Johnson's back while in custody, but left it there beyond what training allows. The sheriff says a supervisor allowed the problematic technique to take place so both were fired. Thursday the sheriff said there is a reason why he reversed his decision for now, but he's not happy about it.
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