Three former Florida corrections officers who beat an inmate when he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground, knocking him unconscious, have been sentenced to multiple years in prison, prosecutors say.
Three former Florida corrections officer who beat an inmate when he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground, knocking him unconscious, were sentenced to multiple years in prison Monday, prosecutors said.
The former officer who kicked the man, Coty Michael Wiltgen, 32, was sentenced three years and one month in prison, according to court documents. “Burkett, Wiltgen and Shackelford knew that the use of force was unnecessary and excessive, counter to their training and completely unjustified at the time that they used, and watched others use, force against the victim,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said in a statement Tuesday.
Shackelford held the inmate to the ground with his knee and struck him, and when Burkett arrived he also hit the victim, prosecutors said.
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