May 07, 2021 - 7:46 PM LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County jail inmate face hate crime charges after he knocked down and repeatedly punched a jail employee who is Asian American, authorities said Friday. Arnulfo Meza, 29, attacked the 54-year-old woman without warning on Wednesday at the Inmate Reception Center at a jail. Meza's left hand had been freed from his waist chain after he asked to use the restroom, a county Sheriff's Department statement said. Surveillance video shows the custody assistant handing the man some toilet paper when he suddenly punches her three times in the face, knocking her to the floor on her back where she crashes into a medical equipment stand. He then punches her twice more before stepping away and sitting on a gurney.