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A split-second decision to slap an inmate's food tray out of his hands will cost a Denver sheriff's deputy 30 days of pay.
Darrell Jordan, a veteran of the department since 1996, will begin his 30-day suspension on April 25. The incident from Nov. 9 was captured on jail video.
It shows Jordan pushing the tray out of the inmate's hands, causing food to spill on the inmate and the cafeteria floor. It started after Jordan told the inmate he grabbed the wrong coffee cup in the breakfast line.