42-year-old former corrections supervisor Mark Bryant was sentenced to 5 years in prison for repeatedly tasing a restrained pre-trial detainee inside the Cheatham County Jail in Tennessee.
Metro Nashville is set to settle an excessive use-of-force lawsuit against the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department for $110,000.00, with an additional $50,000.00 allotted for attorney fees. While being booked, Timothy Warren was punched in the face, knocked to the ground, his body repeatedly slammed onto the floor, resulting in multiple physical injuries, including a broken fibula, a right ankle fracture, ankle dislocation, and facial lacerations.
