A sheriff's deputy in Knox County, Tennessee has been fired after he was caught on camera allegedly choking a university student Saturday night.
Frank Phillips, 47, was been found 'unsuitable for continued employment,' according to a termination notice posted Sunday night on the Knox County Sheriff's Office's website.
'In my 34 years of law enforcement experience, excessive force has never been tolerated. After an investigation by the Office of Professional Standards, I believe excessive force was used in this incident,' Sheriff Jimmy 'J.J.' Jones said.
'Therefore, Officer Phillips' employment with the Knox County Sheriff's Office is terminated immediately.'
Jones added that the investigation will now be turned over to the Knox County Attorney General's Office to determine any further action.
John Messner, a freelance photographer in Knoxville, captured Phillips with both hands around the neck of University of Tennessee student Jarod Dotson in Fort Sanders after a party. The 21-year-old can be seen falling to his knees after the man's grip apparently renders him unconscious.
Phillips has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1992. Dotson, of Powell, is an architecture major at the college.
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5 comments:
Cop hater
What's wrong 12:01 are you tired of being caught on camera? What do you tell us about the speed cameras? If you are not doing anything wrong than it is no big deal right?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Cop hater
April 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM
If YOU don't want to be hated, STOP doing hateful things.
It's that plain, it's that simple.
Even YOU should be able to understand that.
12:39....smack that ace. A gun carrying agent of the government CHOKES a citizen until he's UNCONSCIOUS (!) and the people who are alarmed or complain are "cop haters"? Really??
You KNOW when the police themselves say a cop was over the line, it HAD to be pretty bad.
You also have to wonder how many times this cop has done something like that and when the citizen complained, he was dismissed or threatened by the State's Attorney or the police themselves. The "brotherhood" and all that, you know. Don't forget there were OTHER cops there, too. Watching. Like they would just stand there and watch me choke someone out. The police chief should suspend or fire every cop that watched that happen, in the spirit of his "excessive force has never been tolerated" BS. What he should have said is "excessive force caught ON CAMERA will not be tolerated."
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Cop hater
April 29, 2014 at 12:01 PM
You act like it's a bad thing to be a cop hater. Believe me, it is not. It's more like a badge of freedom, unlike your costume and badge.
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