Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday suspended a sheriff accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his custody by ordering them unnecessarily strapped into restraint chairs and left there for hours.
A federal grand jury in April indicted Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. The indictment accuses the sheriff of improperly using restraint chairs at the county jail for punishment.
Kemp last month appointed a review panel made up of the state attorney general and two other sheriffs to determine whether the charges in the indictment would affect Hill’s ability to do his job in a way that adversely affects the public.
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