North Carolina sheriff suspends deputy who was caught on tape violently slamming a middle school student onto the floor, twice, officials say.
Vance County Sheriff Curtis Brame said he was thinking of his own grandchildren as he watched the video.
"I was stunned, I was shocked," Brame told WRAL."To see a child that small reminded me of one of my grandchildren."The deputy was placed on paid leave pending the investigation. "This is a use-of-force case," Vance County District Attorney Mike Waters said."I've been able to assure the family that this is being conducted appropriately."
Sheriff Brame said he was not aware of any previous complaints about this deputy. It also wasn't clear what the child might have said or done leading up to the body slams, but Brame said. The child, who is under 12, has a bump on his head from the incident but was not hospitalized, his mother said.
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