Fired: Frank Phillips, 47, pictured, was been found 'unsuitable for continued employment,' according to a termination notice posted Sunday night on the Knox County Sheriff's Office's website
* Frank Phillips, 47, was found 'unsuitable for continued employment' by Knox County Sheriff J.J. Jones
* Deputies were called to a University of Tennessee student party that spilled out onto a residential street
* Students threw beer bottles at officers and several people were arrested
* A photographer on the scene took a series of photos of a deputy choking 21-year-old Jarod Dotson into unconsciousness
* The young man did not resist arrest, says the photographer, but police disagree
* He was complying with officers when the officer began to choke him
* Two other officers were behind Dotson, handcuffing him
A sheriff's deputy in Knox County, Tennessee has been fired after he was caught on camera allegedly choking a university student Saturday night.
Frank Phillips, 47, was been found 'unsuitable for continued employment,' according to a termination notice posted Sunday night on the Knox County Sheriff's Office's website.
'In my 34 years of law enforcement experience, excessive force has never been tolerated. After an investigation by the Office of Professional Standards, I believe excessive force was used in this incident,' Sheriff Jimmy 'J.J.' Jones said.
'Therefore, Officer Phillips' employment with the Knox County Sheriff's Office is terminated immediately.'
