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Officer reinstated after video shows inmate threw first punch

A DeKalb County detention officer is back on the job after getting into a fight with an inmate

By Portia Burner
My FOX Atlanta

DEKALB, Ga. — A DeKalb County detention officer is back on the job after getting into a fight with an inmate.

The incident was captured on surveillance video.

Several employees who work at the DeKalb County Jail tell FOX 5 the fist fight between Officer Anthony Dozier and a DeKalb inmate should have ended with the loss of Dozier’s job as a detention officer.

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