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UPDATE: Justice for Brian Sterner
Fantastic news for those of you familiar with this story from Quinn.
From the Associated Press:
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy who was videotaped dumping a paralyzed man from a wheelchair onto a jailhouse floor has been charged with abuse of a disabled person, a sheriff’s official said Friday.
Surveillance footage from Jan. 29 shows Hillsborough County deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, dumping Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair and searching him on the floor after he was brought in on a warrant after a traffic violation.
Sterner, 32, said when he was taken into a booking room and told to stand up, Jones grew agitated when he told her that he could not.
Marshall-Jones was suspended without pay, and three other deputies were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Marshall-Jones is charged with abuse of a disabled person, a third-degree felony, said Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee.
If convicted, she could be sent to prison for five years.
Zap’s Opinion: Bravo to those involved for doing the right thing! Even if Marshall-Jones escapes conviction, her prosecution will send a clear message to her sisters and brothers in blue: bad cops will NOT be tolerated.
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