Panel to advise if Georgia sheriff should be suspended by Kate Brumback, The Associated Press Posted May 19, 2021 12:06 pm EDT Last Updated May 19, 2021 at 12:14 pm EDT ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor on Wednesday appointed a panel to determine whether a sheriff accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his custody should be suspended pending the outcome of federal charges. A federal grand jury last month indicted Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill. The indictment accuses the sheriff of repeatedly ordering detainees to be put in a restraint chair for hours even though they posed no threat and had complied with deputies. The indictment alleges the restraint chairs were improperly used as punishment.