4 New Orleans jail deputies charged in alleged inmate assault

The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

NEW ORLEANS — 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…

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