Then they beat him in the bottom of the ninth inning.

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In testimony in March 1988 on the death of black leader Steve Biko in 1977, police officers who interrogated him admit they beat him but still say his death was accidental.

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For half an hour, they grilled him for the names of other Americans in Beirut, but he gave no names and they did not beat him or press him further.

NEWYORKER: Hellhole