No Criminal Charges for LA Sheriff's Deputy Who Knelt on Handcuffed Man's Head
The evidence is "inconclusive and suggests the amount of force used was not excessive,” according to the DA's memo on the decision.
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The evidence is "inconclusive and suggests the amount of force used was not excessive,” according to the DA's memo on the decision.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been sued by yet another sheriff's department employee, this time by a secretary who alleges her civil rights were violated when the sheriff blocked a promotion for which she was entitled because she supported a rival candidate in the June primary.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva responded Tuesday to the latest whistleblower case brought against him as well as Los Angeles County, calling a sheriff's lieutenant's allegation Villanueva quashed an investigation into a police dog's death part of "yet another frivolous lawsuit."
A Los Angeles county sheriff’s lieutenant was charged Wednesday with domestic battery and false imprisonment for an incident involving his wife in Beverly Hills a year ago.
A retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department chief Monday sued the county and Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the latest of several department members to claim Villanueva directed a coverup of a video of a deputy with his knee on the head of a man in custody for three minutes.