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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Two former small town police officers in South Carolina should spend at least a year in prison for shocking a mentally disabled woman at least eight times with a Taser without giving her time to follow their orders, federal prosecutors say. Both Eric Walters and Franklin Brown will be sentenced on federal charges today in Florence. The two Marion police officers pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under color of law in October. Walters was patrolling in Marion on a morning in April 2013 when he saw 40-year-old Melissa Davis walking out of the yard of a home for sale. He asked her what she was doing, thinking she might have broken into the home, then shocked her with his Taser, according to court papers. Read More |