Police Brutality

A former Tennessee police chief has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for using excessive force during arrests, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.

Prosecutors said Anthony “Tony” Bean punched a handcuffed arrestee in the face in 2014 and punched another arrestee in the face in 2017. Bean was convicted on two counts of using excessive force.

The family of a man who was shot and killed by Columbus police early Tuesday morning released a statement saying it "will get justice."

Donovan Lewis, 20, was shot and killed by Officer Ricky Anderson in a Hilltop apartment as officers served a warrant.

Body-cam video released by the Columbus Division of Police shows Anderson open the bedroom door and fire a single shot, striking Lewis who was on a bed in the room.

"The bodycam footage released yesterday afternoon says it all," Rex Elliot, an attorney for Lewsi's family, said in a statement. "In literally the blink of an eye, a Columbus police officer shot and killed Donovan Lewis, an unarmed young Black man who was alone in his bed in the middle of the night. As a result of this entirely reckless behavior by a Columbus police officer, a family is left to grieve the loss of such a young soul."

The New York attorney general's office says criminal charges won't be brought against officers after a man covered in hand sanitizer was tased and caught on fire -- an incident that left him dead weeks later.