Florida ex-officer indicted for excessive force, four others plead guilty
Source: Reuters
A former Florida sheriff's deputy has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using excessive force during a 2014 arrest where five white law enforcement officers were involved in the beating of a black man, U.S. Justice officials said on Wednesday.
Former Marion County sheriff's deputy Jesse Terrell, 33, was indicted late on Tuesday on a charge of depriving the man of his civil rights. The other officers previously pleaded guilty to that offense, court records show.
The officers have all either resigned or been terminated from the sheriff's department in central Florida, said a spokeswoman for the agency, who confirmed the victim was black. Court records did not identify him by name.
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Four deputies, including Terrell, struck the man during the August 2014 incident, prosecutors said in court records, and it was captured on videotape. The fifth officer watched and did not try to stop them.
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