He beat the child, who is mentally disabled, into working 100 hours per week without pay, for four years (via toofab)
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Edwards admitted forcing him to work 17-hour days from Monday through Saturday, and eight hours on Sunday, for free,He forced Smith to move into an apartment behind the restaurant, which was described as "an office with a bed in it." One one occasion, the court heard that when Smith didn't bring fried chicken to the buffet quick enough, Edwards dipped tongs in boiling hot grease and pressed it against his neck.
Edwards was initially charged with a misdemeanor assault; but local NAACP president Abdullah Mustafa pushed for federal involvement, describing it as "enslavement".
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