An Arkansas sheriff was found guilty of assaulting two people during police custody in 2018.
Anthony Boen, 51, Sheriff of Franklin County, Arkansas, was convicted of two counts of depriving rights in the name of the law. Ministry of Justice Announced on Monday.
During the interrogation on November 21, 2018, Bohn first slammed a detainee with his body and tore off part of his hair. Two weeks later, on December 3, when a man was handcuffed to a bench in the Franklin County Jail, Bohn hit him on the head “multiple times” with his clenched fist.
The Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, Christine Clark, said in a press release: “The defendant abused his power as the top law enforcement officer in Franklin County, Arkansas, and attacked his detainees.”
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Clark said: “The Justice Department will continue to severely prosecute officials who abuse their power to show that no one can be above the law.”
Acting U.S. Attorney David Clay Fox for the Western District of Arkansas criticized Bohn for “violating” his pledge to support the U.S. and Arkansas Constitution.
“His actions clearly violated not only the civil rights of these people, but also the trust of the people of Franklin County. Such cases are very important to our office because they involve the most personal and basic civil rights: protected rights and There was no harm under the custody of law enforcement officials,” Fox said.
“Today’s guilty verdict shows that justice will prevail in the case of a violation of a person’s civil rights. We will continue to vigorously pursue cases involving violations of everyone’s basic civil rights.”
This FBI Investigated the case. “When officials in charge of law enforcement violate their oaths and violate the rights of others, they severely damage the public’s trust in law enforcement. Our FBI office remains committed to maintaining public trust by investigating all allegations of civil rights violations in Arkansas,” Said James Dawson, the head of the agency’s Little Rock office.
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