Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced that Huntsville, Alabama, Police Department Officer Brett Russell, 48, has been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law for allegedly assaulting and injuring G.H., a detainee, on Dec. 23, 2011. Russell also has been charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly filing a false police report regarding this incident.






