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In addition, Hunt will pay $300 in special assessments for his involvement in a
conspiracy to deprive citizens of their civil rights, for extortion affecting interstate
commerce, and for using a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence or a
drug trafficking crime. Hunt pleaded guilty in Sept. 2006.
“It is profoundly sad when one individual abuses a position of power and public
trust,” said Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
“The Civil Rights Division is committed to prosecuting all cases of official
misconduct and to bringing these individuals to justice.”
In related matters, former Memphis police officers Arthur Sease, Antoine Owens,
and Alexander Johnson were charged in September in a 50-count indictment
charging conspiracy to violate civil rights, conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances, violation of civil rights, extortion, possession of controlled substances
with intent to distribute, and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of
violence or a drug trafficking crime.
The Civil Rights Division is committed to the vigorous enforcement of every federal
criminal civil rights statute, such as those laws that prohibit the willful use of
excessive force or other acts of misconduct by law enforcement officials. In fiscal
year 2006, nearly 50 percent of the cases brought by the Criminal Section of the
Civil Rights Division involved such prosecutions. Since fiscal year 2001, the
Division has convicted 50 percent more defendants for excessive force and official
misconduct than in the preceding six years.
Assistant United States Attorney Steve Parker of the Western District of Tennessee
and Trial Attorney Jonathan Skrmetti from the Civil Rights Division are prosecuting
the case.
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