An investigation is underway in Camden County, Georgia, after video released Monday showed correction officers repeatedly punch an inmate inside a cell, authorities said.
"It’s undeniable that Mr. Hobbs was approached by jailers and he was assaulted, punched multiple times in the back of his head, kneed in his head and dragged out of his cell," Daniels said."This is a brutal beating, a brutal attack."
The video shows Hobbs alone in a cell and turning toward the bed to pick up two objects. His attorney said they were a piece of paper and a sandwich. A guard rushes into the cell and grabs Hobbs around the neck, trying to push him into a corner. Four others come in behind him. A second video from a camera outside the cell shows jailers drag Hobbs through the open door and hurl him against a wall. One guard can be seen raising his knee and foot, though it was unclear whether he struck Hobbs.
In this screenshot taken from Camden County Detention Center surveillance video provided by attorney Harry Daniels, guards can be seen throwing punching at Hobbs.
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