Ex-deputy in East Texas pleads guilty to using excessive force on restrained detainee
Officials say a former East Texas deputy pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation for punching a restrained detainee in the chest repeatedly with a shock gun.
Former Van Zandt County sheriff's deputy David Yager pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge arising from a February 2021 assault on a detainee. The man was in a restraint chair with one arm free when he banged his food tray against a cell door, then knocked a shock gun from Yager's hand. Angered, Yager assaulted the detainee until another deputy persuaded him to stop.Yager, 29, is the second former Van Zandt County deputy to plead guilty this month to using excessive force.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dallas County shrinks as North Texas’ population grows, census saysWhile North Texas as a whole has grown to 7.8 million people during the pandemic, Dallas County has lost almost a full percentage point of its population. The...
Read more »
Eddie Bernice Johnson: It’s an insult to have anybody but a Democrat in charge of TexasU.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson received a fond farewell at her final Texas Democratic Convention representing Dallas’ 30th Congressional District.
Read more »
CBD, hemp, delta-8, medical marijuana: Here’s what you need to know about Texas’ pot lawsIn 2019, Texas legalized hemp, but not marijuana. The new law led to confusion about which marijuana products are legal in Texas. Meanwhile, support for legalizing the drug remains high in polling, and other cannabis-derived products like delta-8 have emerged.
Read more »
CBD, hemp, delta-8, medical marijuana: Here’s what you need to know about Texas’ pot lawsIn 2019, Texas legalized hemp, but not marijuana. The new law led to confusion about which marijuana products are legal in Texas. Meanwhile, support for legalizing the drug remains high in polling, and other cannabis-derived products like delta-8 have emerged.
Read more »
How one Texas man is keeping Blockbuster aliveDave Carrera is seeing the last Blockbuster store through to the very end — and he's doing it from his Plano home.
Read more »