A video of the incident appeared on Instagram, in which two deputies grabbed the man to the ground and punched him in the face. In the video, a deputy is heard screaming, “He cut off my hand!” A separate video taken from another angle shows the children next to the car crying and someone shouting, “Daddy!”
CNN reached out to the sheriff’s office for more details but never heard back. Clayton County is a suburban county located south of the city of Atlanta.
Some social media posts claim that passengers in a lift ride-share vehicle were involved in the incident.
Lift sent a statement to CNN acknowledging the incident, “The incident depicted in this video is deeply disturbing. We have launched an investigation to identify and support the rider and driver involved.”
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations told CNN they have not received a request to investigate the incident.
The deputy’s name has not been released. The man arrested by deputies was identified by his attorneys as Roderick Walker. The attorney who was hired to represent Walker Butterfield, Walker, said he met with his client for two hours on Saturday and is actively trying to get a bond set so Walker can be released. He said he was trying to bring the case to a pleasant resolution on criminal charges.
Prison records show Vaker is charged with two counts of battery and two counts of obstructing or obstructing law enforcement officers. No bonds are listed on prison records and Butterfield said if the bonds were set, the prison would not receive any paperwork.
Speaking at a news conference Saturday night outside the Clayton County Jail, attorney Sheen Williams said Waker, his girlfriend and one of his children returned in a rental car and were taken home in a ride-share vehicle. According to Williams, the car was described as a violation of tail light.
Williams said deputies demanded that his taxman show his ID but he did not have it, and he was offended when deputies asked him why he needed it. According to Williams, Waker told deputies he had done nothing wrong before asking them to get out of the car.
The Georgia NAACP said in an email to CNN that they were “demanding the resignation of Sheriff Victor Hill, the termination of the two officers involved, and all charges dropped by Clayton County District Attorney, Tasha Mosley.”
During a news conference, NAACP Georgia’s attorney, Gerald Griggs, said now is the time for brown and black citizens to work for legislation the way it works for white citizens.
CNN’s K. Jones contributed to this report.
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