A former sergeant with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office was arraigned May 15 on federal charges of excessive force at the Fulton County Courthouse.
Louis Brown III, 41, of Smyrna, is accused of punching and slapping a pretrial detainee on June 4, 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is accused of telling deputies to turn off their body-worn cameras beforehand.
But one deputy kept his camera on, which captured the attack on the handcuffed person who was compliant and non-threatening when Brown used force on him, the U.S. Attorney’s office said…