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A sheriff's office in Georgia fired a deputy over the weekend after video footage showed him violently punching a Black man during a traffic stop.
The Clayton County Sheriff's Office has not publicly named the officer involved in the incident but said a criminal investigation is underway and will be turned over to the Clayton County District Attorney's Office.
"After being made aware of a video posted on social media involving a Deputy using physical force on a man, Sheriff Victor Hill ordered his entire Internal Affairs Unit to come in and begin an investigation that has been ongoing since 8 pm (Friday)," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
The Black man seen in videos of the incident has been identified by the sheriff's office as 26-year-old Roderick Walker.