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Memphis police Officer Bridges McRae wrapped handcuffs around his fists, beat a transgendered woman in the face, and doused her with a "chemical irritant" while another cop held her and more cops watched, sending her to the hospital, the late woman's mother claims in Memphis Federal Court.

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