Four former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies accused of battering an inmate allegedly dragged the shackled man to a secluded part of the Old Parish Prison, where they punched, kicked and body-slammed him, according to OPSO.
The incident started at around 9:20 a.m. on Nov. 6, when an inmate refused a female deputy’s instruction to step back into a holding cell, according to an affidavit supporting the arrest of Sgt. Kurt Coulon, Jr., 38.
Along with OPSO detectives Bruce Dave, 53, Damien Anthony, 42, and Bryant Parish, 42, Coulon allegedly demanded the cell door be opened. Dave allegedly grabbed the man, who was still shackled and handcuffed, by his neck, knocking him forward onto the floor…