Judge Travis R. McDonough of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga | tned.uscourts.gov
A former Tennessee law enforcement officer was convicted of federal civil rights offenses on Friday after using excessive force against two arrestees.
In a news release from the US Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Tennessee, Anthony “Tony” Bean of Chattanooga was found guilty on Jan. 28 of federal civil rights offenses by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“Every person in our nation has the right to be free from unlawful abuse by police officers, including the use of excessive force during an arrest,” said Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, according to the news release.
Bean's charges included the use of excessive force against unnamed arrestee C.G. on two occasions during C.G.’s arrest in 2014 and another incident against a second arrestee during F.M.’s arrest when Tony Bean was the Chief Deputy of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, in Grundy County, Tennessee. Tony Bean’s co-defendant, T.J. Bean, also faced a single charge during the trial but was acquitted of using excessive force against arrestee F.M. during the same arrest in 2017, according to the news release.
Bean’s sentencing has been set for June 24, where he will face a maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment on each of the three counts of conviction.
