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One lane of 1-75 south will
be dosed starting Tuesday,
April 2 around the High Falls
exit while workers spend
two months rehabilitating
the High Falls Road bridge.
Then on April 8, the DOT
will close one lane of 1-75
north at the High Falls exit as
well for two months. The lane
closures will be in effect for
two months, until May 24,
said the DOT.
The DOT planned the
closure to finish the work by
Memorial Day Weekend.
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Martin was seeking more
than $320,000 in puni-
tive damages saying she
was beaten in the Monroe
County Jail by former Sgt.
William Jackson in 2016.
Jackson resigned in March
2017 and later pied guilty
to using excessive force
against Martin.
Jackson had stopped
Martin on 1-75 after her
husband called 911 to re-
port she was drinking and
being irate as they traveled
through Monroe County.
Deputies also found mari-
juana in Martin's luggage
and she was arrested, taken
to jail, and, according to
her lawsuit, beaten while in
handcuffs.
Martin's lawsuit was filed
in U.S. District Court in
Macon in 2018.
The incident, which
was caught on videotape,
reportedly started when
Martin tried to head-
butt and spit at Jackson.
In her suit, Martin said
they merely exchanged
words and admitted that
she was very intoxicated.
But Jackson then pushed
Martin against the wall and
slapped, punched, kicked
and elbowed her four times
over several minutes, even
while she was restrained
and in handcuffs, said the
lawsuit. The suit also names
former sheriff John Cary
Bittick, Sgt. Willie Brown,
jailer Erandi Lopez and
nurse Carolyn Prescott as
defendants. Represented by
attorney Chase Guerin of
Macon, Martin's suit said
that Lopez and Brown did
nothing to stop the beat-
ings, and that Brown even
prevented one jailer from
helping her. The lawsuit
goes on to claim that Mar-
tin was not allowed to see
a doctor about her wounds
for 32 days. The suit says
Jackson used excessive
force with willful and mali-
cious intent to cause bodily
injury, violating her Fourth
and Fourteenth Amend-
ment rights.
The lawsuit also claimed
that Monroe County has a
custom of being deliberate-
ly indifferent to the rights
of individuals to be free
from excessive force.
The Sheriff's Office said it
didn't discover the inappro-
priate use of force until two
months later, in September
2016, after reviewing the
jail video. Then-Monroe
County Sheriff ]ohn Cary
Bittick immediately began
an intemal investigation
and placed Jackson on
administrative leave and
requested the GBI to inves-
tigate. The GBI investigated
and turned it over to the
District Attorney's Office.
After reviewing the case,
district attorney Jonathan
Adams called a special
grand jury to present the
case, and Jackson later pled
guilty but served no prison
time.
Adams said at the time
that Jackson had no prior
complaints regarding his
use of force and no prior
disciplinary action during
his 14-year career with the
MCSO. And Adams said he
thought that Jackson's first
of three strikes on Mar-
tin, with his right hand to
her back, was appropriate
because she was trying to
head butt him.
But Adams said the
subsequent blows, a second
one to her shoulder and
a third one to her face,
were excessive. Martin was
handcuffed the entire time
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and was immobilized by a
restraint wrap on Jackson's
final blow, said Adams.
Jackson resigned from the
sheriff's office in March
2017.
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