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Testimony begins in beating suit against Suffolk deputies

Pictured is the Suffolk County Minimum Security jail

Photo credit: Newsday/Daniel Goodrich | Pictured is the Suffolk County Minimum Security jail in Yaphank. Photo was taken from outside the check in station. (Feb. 19, 2004)

Testimony began Monday in a federal lawsuit involving a Queens man who alleges he was beaten by Suffolk County sheriff's deputies while in custody nearly five years ago.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Central Islip on behalf of Perrim Anderson, 43, seeks $26 million in damages. He is suing Suffolk County, the Suffolk Sheriff's Office, the Suffolk Correctional Facility and deputies...

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