Father-son duo of Tennessee deputies beat handcuffed people and bragged about it, feds say
A father-son duo of sheriff's deputies in rural Tennessee for years beat up handcuffed arrestees, failed to report their uses of force, discouraged other officers from turning on their body cameras and bragged that their behavior was "the Grundy County way," federal prosecutors alleged in recent court filings.
A grand jury in July indicted Anthony "Tony" Bean, the chief deputy at the Grundy County Sheriff's Office, and his son Anthony "T.J." Bean, a sergeant at the same agency, on federal civil rights charges stemming from two alleged assaults.
But prosecutors said in a Dec. 31 court filing they have compiled additional evidence showing the Beans altogether assaulted seven people over a five-year span in a pattern of misconduct that pervaded the culture of their small law enforcement agency and scared potential witnesses into keeping quiet.
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On May 20, 2016, Tony Bean ran after a man, then repeatedly punched him in the head while he was lying face down with his hands cuffed behind his back. Bean was wearing gloves he used when he planned to "tune-up," or assault, an arrestee.
On July 30, 2017, Tony Bean went with other officers, including T.J. Bean, to arrest a man in his home. Tony Bean told at least one other officer not to turn on his body camera because he planned a "tune-up." When the man tried to run, Tony Bean punched him "unnecessarily." Part of the arrest was captured by a body camera.
On Aug. 8, 2017, Tony Bean said, "I'll teach you to sue us," and struck an arrestee in the head while the person was "restrained" and lying face down on the ground.
On April 23, 2019, T.J. Bean shocked a man with a Taser after a car chase. The man was standing next to his vehicle at the time. T.J. Bean told the man to "keep his mouth shut" about what happened.
