The Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury in
Florence, S.C., returned a two-count indictment today charging Eric
Walters and Franklin Brown, both former police officers with the City of
Marion Police Department, with using unreasonable force against a
female citizen.
Walters and Brown have each been charged with one count of deprivation
of rights under color of law, specifically alleging that, while acting
as police officers, each defendant used unreasonable force on the
victim, resulting in bodily injury. The indictment alleges that on
April 2, 2013, Walters and Brown each used their respective tasers
multiple times on the victim.
If convicted, each defendant faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
An indictment is merely an accusation, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by the Myrtle Beach, S.C., Division of
the FBI. It is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Nicholas Murphy and
Henry Leventis for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and
U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles and Assistant U.S. Attorney John Potterfield
for the District of South Carolina.
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