Top US court hears case of Rastafarian whose hair was cut in prison

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard the case of a devout Rastafarian who is seeking damages after his knee-length dreadlocks were forcibly shorn while he was in prison in Louisiana.Damon Landor is seeking permission to sue individual officials of the Louisiana Department of Corrections for monetary damages for violating his religious rights.“Without damages, officials can literally treat the law like garbage,” Landor’s lawyer Zachary Tripp told the court, where conservat