LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Two Calcasieu sheriff’s deputies have been cleared after an internal affairs investigation into their use of force outside a Lake Charles bar.

A video made its way around social media showing deputies making several arrests on June 22. Sheriff Stitch Guillory said the deputies arrived to Cowboys on Common Street at 2:47 that morning, attempting to clear a crowd from the parking lot.

“I thought the officers went above and beyond giving these kids ample opportunity to leave this parking lot. They chose not to. So when you intentionally do not obey a proper order given to you by police to leave, at that point they have the right to arrest you,” said Guillory.

7 News was sent several videos by the people involved.

One showed deputies hitting Jalyn Williams in t

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