A former Georgia deputy gets federal prison for beating a Black man in a jail cell

Savannah, Ga. – A former assistant to a georgia sheriff was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for having repeatedly struck a black detainee whose blows by the guards were recorded by a security camera in prison almost three years ago.

A judge of the American district court sentenced Ryan Biegel on Thursday, 27. The former assistant of the County of Camden had pleaded guilty earlier this year for violating the rights of the regular Jarrett Hobbs procedure using unreasonable force.

Hobbs de Greensboro, in North Carolina, was sentenced to County County prison near the Georgia-Florida line for traffic violations and accusations of drug possession on September 3, 2022.

This night security video showed Hobbs standing alone in its cell before five guards rushed and surround it. At least three deputies were shown to be striking in the head and neck before Hobbs was dragged by the cell and launched against a wall.

Hobbs’ lawyers, Harry Daniels and Bakari sellers, said the jailers “pityed” with false confidence that they would never be prosecuted on Friday.

“Let this sentence serve as comfort for all those who have been terrorized by violence pretending to be the law and order and a warning to their brutalizers,” the lawyers said. “Your badge will not protect you more than protecting Ryan Biegel.”

Biegel’s defense lawyer Adrienne Browning said she had no immediate comments.

Biegel and two other deputies, all white, were dismissed and arrested in connection with the assault on Hobbs, but not before more than two months later, when one of the lawyers of Hobbs obtained the video and made it public.

The three are still faced with battery state accusations and violating their ex officio oaths, according to files from the County County County.

The files of the American district court show that federal accusations were only brought against Biegel.

It was Hobbs who was initially accused after being attacked in his cell. The prosecutors then rejected the accusations of aggravated battery, simple assault and obstruction of police officers against Hobbs, citing a lack of evidence.

Also fell accusations of traffic violation and drugs that had landed Hobbs in prison. County County officials paid for Hobbs a cash regulation to avoid civil prosecution, but the amount has not been disclosed.