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Former Franklin County sheriff s deputy gives first testimony in use-of-force trial
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Thomas Saccente
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August 4, 2021 at 7:01 a.m.
Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen (right) walks into the federal courthouse for the Western District of Arkansas on Monday with his attorneys, Russell Wood (left) and Paul Prater (center), in Fort Smith. Boen is on trial for three charges of deprivation of rights under color of law in connection with three use of force incidents involving detainees.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Max Bryan)
FORT SMITH A former western Arkansas patrol deputy recounted an incident in which he said he saw his sheriff hit a detainee, who was restrained and not resisting, multiple times in the face.
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