Georgia Officers Investigating Police Officers Seen On Video Beating Black Man in Jail Cell

Yet one more police beating has been captured on video and has gone viral. Investigators are trying into the newest incident, which was filmed at a jail in Camden County, Georgia on Sept. 3.

Based on The Related Press, the video reveals 5 deputies leaping on Jarrett Hobbs, who was booked on visitors violations and drug possession.

The surveillance clips reveal the 5 males punching the sufferer on his head and neck as they entered his jail cell. Hobbs’ lawyer, civil rights legal professional Harry Daniels, launched the video publicly on Monday.

“It’s plain that Mr. Hobbs was approached by jailers and he was assaulted, punched a number of occasions behind his head, kneed in his head and dragged out of his cell,” Daniels stated. “It is a brutal beating, a brutal assault.”

Daniels is looking for authorities to pursue legal expenses in opposition to the law enforcement officials.

A press release was launched by the Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace by way of the division’s Fb web page.

“A video printed on social media is a portion of an incident that occurred at The Camden County Sheriff’s Workplace Jail has the general public questioning the actions of the correction officers. Sheriff Jim Proctor, and members of the Command Workers, have reviewed the video. Sheriff Proctor has ordered an inner investigation of the incident to start instantly. This investigation will embody all recorded video from the time the inmate entered the power on September third, 2022 till his launch on September thirtieth, 2022. If deemed obligatory an extra company will help with the investigation.”

Jail data reveal that Hobbs, who resides in Greensboro, North Carolina, was arrested on Sept. 3 and was initially booked on expenses of rushing, driving on a suspended or revoked license, and possessing an unlawful drug.

He was later charged with aggravated battery, easy assault, and obstruction of legislation enforcement officers.

On Oct. 20, a choose’s order acknowledged that one of many probation officers testified that Hobbs “punched one deputy within the face whereas punching one other deputy within the facet of the top. One deputy sustained a bruised eye and a damaged hand on account of the incident.” It was additionally revealed that Hobbs was punched within the head and the probation officer acknowledged that he was “unaware of the precise sequence of occasions.”