![]() ![]() I want to commend Sheriff Luna for bringing this incident to light. "Transparency and accountability starts at the top. We're seeing some of those calls being addressed today," Supervisor Barger's statement said. In the Antelope Valley, there's been calls for more accountability and transparency. My heart aches for the children we see in this video, and for their mothers. I championed our body worn camera program but it only works if footage of incidents like this are brought to light." "I appreciate Sheriff Luna for being transparent with the public and bringing this footage forward, but this video is nearly a year old and should have been released immediately by the prior Sheriff. I trust that the Sheriff will act quickly to discharge him and I agree with his decision to refer this case to the District Attorney for criminal prosecution," a statement from Supervisor Hahn's office said. This deputy does not belong in our Sheriff's Department. "This violence in this video is appalling and there is no justification. Many are calling for the deputy to be fired, including several city leaders including Los Angeles County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger. Though the incident occurred during the tenure of former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, Luna wanted to address the incident in light of another violent arrest that gained national attention in Lancaster last week.īoth the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and the FBI's Los Angeles office will also investigate the incident. "During the encounter a deputy punched the female twice in the face." One of these uses of force involved a mother and her three-week-old infant, who was refusing to let go of her child," said a statement from LASD. "During the arrests of the females a use of force occurred on two of the women to affect the arrest and gain control of the infants. There were no car seats for the babies in the vehicle.Īccording to LASD, they decided to arrest everyone in the vehicle for child endangerment, as well as the driver for driving under the influence and with suspended license, prompting the wild series of events that followed. They claim that the driver smelled of alcohol and that four other passengers of the vehicle, all women, were holding infants. The footage comes from a Jtraffic stop, initiated by deputies who allege the car did not have any headlights on while driving in the area. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Wednesday discussed a violent arrest that occurred in Palmdale last year, captured via the bodycams of deputies. "Completely unacceptable " Sheriff Luna addresses bodycam footage of violent arrest in Palmdale 03:03 ![]()
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