Florida: Pinellas County deputy Patrick Knight arrested after lying about beating handcuffed inmate Terrell Johnson, sheriff says

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Pinellas deputy arrested after lying about beating handcuffed inmate, sheriff says

29 November 2021

A former sergeant in the Pinellas County Department of Detention and Corrections has been arrested after the sheriff says he was caught lying about beating an inmate. Earlier this month, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says, Sgt. Patrick Knight shoved, slapped, and punched a handcuffed inmate who was being disruptive, then told his supervisors that some of the man’s injuries were the result of falling in a cell. A second deputy initially backed up Knight’s version of events but changed his story after "processing" what he'd witnessed, leading the sheriff’s office to open an investigation. That’s when Knight, a 25-year PCSO veteran, ...

Pinellas deputy arrested after lying about beating handcuffed inmate, sheriff says

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says Sgt. Patrick Knight shoved, slapped, and punched a handcuffed inmate, then told his supervisors that some of the man’s injuries were the result of falling in a cell.

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‘Just terrible’: Pinellas County corrections sergeant arrested for attacking inmate, sheriff says

29 November 2021

A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Department of Detention and corrections sergeant has been arrested after violently attacking an inmate. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Patrick Knight pushed Terrell Johnson to the ground and slammed him to where he hit his head on the cement. Knight then grabbed Johnson’s hair, pinned him against the wall, slapped and punched him in the face. At one point, Gualtieri said Knight pulled on Johnson’s hair so hard a clump of hair came out. Knight resigned following the attack. The sheriff said it doesn’t get much worse than this. “Just terrible, it almost makes ...

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