at the federal courthouse in Montgomery.Blake Hicks, 33, pleaded guilty to depriving an arrestee of his civil rights under color of law and faced a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. On Monday, a judge ordered him to spend almost two-and-a-half years behind bars followed by three years of supervised release.
“Communities entrust law enforcement officers with upholding the rule of law,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in March. “By physically assaulting a defenseless member of the community, Hicks violated both the victim’s fundamental constitutional rights and the community’s trust.”
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