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Leonard Pitts Jr.: You don't treat a human being like this

Apparently, Craig Ridley somehow ceased to be a human being. That’s the only possible explanation for what he endured in a Florida prison. Five days in his cell, paralyzed, trapped in his own useless body, begging for help and being ignored. You don’t treat a human being that way. Heck, you wouldn’t treat an animal that way. But some of us would, it seems, treat a prisoner that way. This was ...

Apparently, Craig Ridley somehow ceased to be a human being.

That’s the only possible explanation for what he endured in a Florida prison. Five days in his cell, paralyzed, trapped in his own useless body, begging for help and being ignored.

You don’t treat a human being that way. Heck, you wouldn’t treat an animal that way. But some of us would, it seems, treat

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