Charlelston County Sheriff Al Cannon said Wednesday that in anger, after a high-seed chase that reached 100 mph at times, he slapped a handcuffed suspect with an open hand, according to a WCDB-TV story.
"Pnce McManus was handcuffed and in backseat of car, I slapped him and said 'What the (blank) is wrong with you?,'" the Sheriff told the TV station.
Cannon is referring to a chase that began in Mount Pleasant on Monday when Cannon was headed into work. It in the Francis Marion National Forest when Cannon shot out the suspect's tire.
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The Sheriff said the behavior was innapropriate and that he has been cooperating with a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigation.
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