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A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway
Federal prosecutors charged two deputies with falsifying reports after a 2019 beating caught on video contradicted a state police clearance, highlighting systemic issues in DeSoto Parish law enforcement.
- This month, previously hidden footage revealed two Louisiana sheriff's deputies landing 50 punches on naked 25-year-old Jarius Brown during a six-minute strip search at DeSoto Parish Detention Center.
- Internal records show the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office concluded `there was no way of defending` the deputies' actions, while the Louisiana State Police cleared the deputies and labeled Brown the `aggressor`.
- The U.S. Justice Department charged deputies with falsifying reports, Deputy DeMarkes Grant admitted fabricating them, and former deputy Javarrea Pouncy pleaded guilty to excessive force and was sentenced last year.
- Use-of-Force experts said Brown posed no threat and the beating was excessive, while Gary Evans, former DeSoto Parish district attorney, called the state outcome `a great miscarriage of justice` and raised concerns about the Justice Department's civil-rights enforcement.
- Brown's case adds to a string of misconduct in DeSoto Parish, a rural area south of Shreveport, Louisiana, where neither deputy sought medical care but the Warden of the DeSoto Parish Detention Center ensured hospital care.
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Lawsuit unearths video of man's beating by deputies, who were cleared by police
Two sheriff's deputies pummeled the naked 25-year-old, flinging him around the DeSoto Parish Detention Center laundry room while landing 50 punches.
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A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway
Never-before-seen footage shows two Louisiana deputies punching an inmate more than 50 times during a jailhouse strip-search in 2019.
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