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\"courtroom_02\"<\/a>A former DeKalb detention officer was charged with using excessive force on county inmates and writing false reports about the incidents, according to federal officials.<\/div>\n
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Dwight Hamilton<\/strong>, 51, of Atlanta, Georgia, a former sergeant with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, was arraigned Thursday on charges of using excessive force against inmates at the DeKalb County Jail and for writing false reports about what happened, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The evidence indicated that\u00a0Hamilton worked as a supervisory officer at the DeKalb County jail from 2005 to 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

On two separate occasions in January 2012, he used his taser multiple times on inmates without justification, which resulted in violating inmates constitutional rights and bodily injury, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment also alleges that, following each of the tasing incidents, Hamilton wrote a false report with the intent to impede an investigation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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