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Lawyer: Taped Beating Subject Wasn't DrunkBy RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS - A 64-year-old man who was repeatedly punched in the head by police in an incident caught on videotape was not drunk, as police have alleged, and put up no resistance as he was being pummeled, his lawyer said Monday. The man, a retired elementary school teacher, had returned to New Orleans only to check on property he owns in the storm-ravaged city, and was out looking to buy cigarettes when he was arrested Saturday night in the French Quarter, the lawyer and the man's father said. Police have alleged that Robert Davis was publicly intoxicated. (click to read more)
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