US Department of Justice has an ongoing civil lawsuit against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons

An Alabama corrections officers has been placed on leave following a video that appears to show him beating a distressed inmate who had climbed to the edge of a roof.

The video, circulating on social media, shows what appears to be a distressed inmate on the edge of a roof at a building at Elmore Correctional Facility, while a group of prison staff look at him from the ground. An officer walks across the roof and drags the inmate back from the edge. The officer then appears to punch the inmate several times once he is away from the edge.

Officer Ell White has been placed on mandatory leave pending investigation, a spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections wrote in an email.

The prison system said Jimmy K. Norman, a 44-year-old inmate, “had climbed on top of the facility chapel, prompting Officer White and other correctional officers to attempt to escort Norman off the roof.”

The Law Enforcement Services Division of the Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the incident and response by the staff involved, the prison system said.

The U.S. Department of Justice has an ongoing civil lawsuit against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons, saying the state is failing to protect male inmates from inmate-on-inmate violence and excessive force at the hands of prison staff.

The 2020 lawsuit alleges that conditions in the prison system — which the Justice Department called one of the most understaffed and violent in the country — are so poor that they violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment and that state officials are “deliberately indifferent” to the problems. Alabama officials have acknowledged problems in the prison system, but are disputing the Justice Department’s accusations.

Chicago police said the man seen on camera pushed another person onto the train tracks late Thursday night

A Chicago man allegedly beat and robbed a victim on Thursday and then pushed that person onto a set of train tracks.

The incident happened on the city’s West Side on Thursday night at around 11:51 p.m. at the Green Line Conservatory/Central Park stop.

Police said that the man pictured in a red shirt and purple hat beat and robbed a person, then pushed them onto the train tracks.

Officials are still investigating the incident and are asking any individuals with knowledge of the incident to call (312) 745-4706.

A CTA spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that security guards are being placed in areas based on recent incidents that have occurred.

The rape suspect allegedly pulled into a Georgia state park and assaulted the young victim at knife point

A West Virginia man was arrested in Georgia for rape after the victim was able to notify authorities of her location using a smartphone application and an alligator sign.

According to Coweta County, Georgia, authorities, a 17-year-old girl met suspect Dalton Ramsey online. He offered to drive her to see her boyfriend in Pennsylvania last week. But after picking her up, he instead stopped at B.T. Brown Reservoir Park, bound her hands with tape and sexually assaulted her at knife point.

“Somewhere along there, their ride to Pennsylvania, they pulled off in Coweta County, and he rapes her at knife point, and we were able to confirm the incident happened inside Coweta County,” Coweta County Sheriff’s Investigator Toby Nix said.

Investigators said Ramsey allowed the victim to use her smartphone, which she used to tip off authorities to her location.

Dalton Ramsey was arrested in Georgia for rape after the victim was able to notify authorities of her location using a smartphone application and an alligator sign.

The girl first shared her location with her boyfriend. Investigators said her boyfriend did a quick Google search to discover an online image of an alligator warning sign for boaters at the reservoir. She confirmed she had seen the sign outside the closed park.

She then used an app called Noonlight once she and Ramsey were back on the road. Noonlight began tracking her phone and alerted authorities of her location. Within the app, the girl typed in “rape” and a description of the vehicle.

Investigators said Ramsey had allowed the victim to use her smartphone, which she used to tip authorities of her location.

Investigators said surveillance footage showed Ramsey’s car outside the park.

Ramsey was pulled over and arrested on September 6 in Habersham County, where he was taken into custody on kidnapping charges. He will be extradited to Coweta County for additional charges.

Investigators said the victim’s boyfriend did a quick Google search to discover an online image of an alligator warning sign for boaters at the reservoir.

The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office is charging him with rape, kidnapping, aggravated assault with a weapon and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

The victim has been reunited with her family, authorities said.