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Video Helps Exonerate Sheriff's Dept. Of Accused Police Brutality

Last updated on Friday, July 31, 2015

(ANDERSON) - Video from the Madison County Jail has helped to exonerate the sheriff’s department accused of brutality against an inmate.

51-year-old Ewart Kenneth Marsh claimed he was beaten on July 11 by four deputies with the Madison County Sheriff's Office after he was booked into the jail.

The department began an internal investigation.

"We all know that nationally, there's been all kinds of police-community antagonistic situations, and I wanted to get to the bottom of it," Sheriff Scott Mellinger says. "We need to go the extra yard and show people that number one, we have nothing to hide, and number two, as sheriff, I want transparency."

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