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Only on Fox: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into claims of excessive force involving the 23rd Judicial Drug Task Force. Cell phone video obtained by Fox 17 News shows what one man claims to be excessive force.

The three minute video shows two men restraining a third man then appear to strike him in the face several times after he had been handcuffed. In the video you can hear a female yelling for the men to stop. The two men with Drug Task Force were looking into a possible meth lab on Eno Road in Dickson.

In an affidavit obtained by Fox 17 News one of the men admits to striking the man multiple times because the man was refusing to obey commands.

The man in the video claims the officers used excessive force.

The officers say they found meth and marijuana in his pockets and a woman admitted to buying an ingredient used in meth making.TBI Investigating Allegations of Police Using Excessive Force

Thursday, December 6 2012, 10:16 PM CST

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Man pleads guilty to Memphis officer's murder
May 21, 2013 22:22 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A former death row inmate is set to be released from prison after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of a Memphis police officer.

Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said Tuesday that she has accepted Timothy McKinney's guilty plea.

McKinney was convicted of first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of Officer Don Williams. The officer was killed outside a comedy club in December 1997.

McKinney appealed and won a new trial, which ended with a deadlocked jury. A third trial earlier this year also ended in a hung jury.

The Commercial Appeal reports that McKinney was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Since he's already served more than 15 years -- including 11 on death row -- McKinney will be released this week.

Williams' family opposed the settlement.

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