News 12 First at Five; September 10, 2008

AIKEN, S.C. --- Jeffrey Nation is no longer a deputy with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office. He's charged with assault and battery and misconduct in office. News 12 has dash cam video of the whole incident.

On Sunday evening, Deputy Nation was in his cruiser when he noticed 18-year-old Lorenzo Williams, Jr. was wearing his baggy pants and wearing them too low in New Ellenton. By Sunday night, the officers conduct was under investigation and by Tuesday, he was arrested and fired.

"You're on camera. You want to do something really stupid? You might end up on TV. You want to do that," asks Deputy Nation in the DashCam video.

Little did Deputy Nation know, he would be the one on TV after he is fired for the way he treated Lorenzo Williams, Jr.

"You ain't going to walk out here with that thug activity going on. It's done tonight. You all can resume tomorrow night when I'm off," says Nation in the DashCam video.

But, in this case, thug activity is just a fashion statement. There is no law in Aiken County that says baggy pants are illegal.

"You need to abide by the law and you ain't going to act like a thug," says Nation in the video.

Moments later, the situation gets violent.

"Why does it have to be a black and white thing? You look me square in the eye... (inaudible when Lorenzo gets hit in the throat by Deputy Nation)... You put your hands on the car now. You're under arrest, you're under arrest. You don't jump up in my face," says Dep. Nation in the video.

Nation claimed Williams tried to head-butt him but you can see in the video, that didn't happen.

"I got to laugh because this is on camera," says Lorenzo in the DashCam video. "You're gonna get paid!"

Nation's DashCam video was reviewed by his supervisor. None of them agreed what happened was right. SLED then investigated and by Tuesday, the deputy was arrested and fired.

"The bottom line is, I'm not going to tolerate bad conduct against our citizens no matter where they live or who they are," says Sheriff Michael Hunt.

Someone close to the William's family says scene like the one on the DashCam video, send a chill through the community.

"Most children, they don't mean no harm. They're just out there for fun and games. But, they are scared to even walk the streets now because of things like this happening," says Lorenzo's close friend.

Sheriff Hunt says he tells his deputies to act professionally and treat people with respect. He adds, this is an isolated incident and the other deputy in the video has provided a written statement and is not being investigated in this case. Nation was suspended back in 2004 for excessive use of force.