A federal civil-rights case over the use of force by the Crawford County sheriff s office has been put on hold pending the outcome of a related criminal case against the person who filed the lawsuit.
Brad Wiley, chief deputy for the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, reads a statement Wednesday to the media at the Sheriffs Office in Van Buren. (Photo
A jury trial concerning a reported use of force by the Crawford County Sheriff s Office was set in federal court this week, the second after a video showing two deputies holding down and beating a man went viral in August.
A law enforcement officer gestures toward a person recording the arrest of a man in Crawford County in this screenshot from a video recorded Sunday, Aug. 21,