JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — A sheriff's office in Georgia said Sunday it fired a deputy seen on video repeatedly punching a Black man during a traffic stop. The deputy was being let go for 'excessive use of force,' the Clayton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. It did not identify the deputy, but said a criminal investigation has been turned over to the district attorney's office. Roderick Walker, 26, was arrested and beaten after Clayton County sheriff's deputies pulled over the vehicle he was riding in Friday with his girlfriend, their 5-month-old child and his stepson for an alleged […]

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