![Atlanta's self proclaimed 'Crime Fighter' charged with civil rights violation, set to stand trial](https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/10/Atlanta-sheriff.jpg)
Atlanta's self proclaimed 'Crime Fighter' charged with civil rights violation, set to stand trial
Fox News
An Atlanta-area sheriff who is accused of violating a suspects civil rights will stand trial after he punished detainees by having them restrained in a chair for hours.
Jury selection is set to begin Wednesday and the trial is expected to last at least two weeks.
Hill calls himself "The Crime Fighter," and uses Batman imagery on social media and in campaign ads. He has been a divisive figure — attracting both fans and critics — since he first became sheriff in 2005. This will be his second trial on criminal charges. The voters of Clayton County returned him to office in 2012 while he was under indictment, accused of using his office for personal gain — charges he ultimately beat.
Hill and his lawyers have said said his prosecution is baseless and politically motivated.