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Judge allows forced feeding of accused National Guard shooter

An Afghan national accused of ambushing two National Guard members while they were patrolling in the nation’s capital last year can be force-fed while in jail, a federal judge said Saturday. The brief order from U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta allows the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide “nonconsensual nutrition and medical treatment” to Rahmanullah…

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Judge allows forced feeding of accused National Guard shooter
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