ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s governor has suspended a sheriff accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his care. In an executive order on Wednesday, Governor Brian Kemp said a review commission he appointed last month recommended the suspension. A state grand jury last month indicted Clayton County’s Sheriff Victor Hill. The prosecution accuses the sheriff of repeatedly putting inmates in a restraint chair for hours, even though they did not pose a threat and had followed deputies. The panel found that the charges in the indictment relate to Hill’s ability to do his job in a way that adversely affects the public.
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