US EditionLA County sheriff says deputy punching baby-holding mother in the face was 'completely unacceptable'
- The Los Angeles County sheriff has condemned the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley for the second time in a week, releasing edited body camera video of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby during a traffic stop in July 2022.
- Sheriff Robert Luna has sent the case to the county district attorney's office, which may file criminal charges against the deputy. The FBI has also been alerted. The deputy involved has been taken off field duty.
- The sheriff has pledged to overhaul the department since taking over in December.
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Deputy punching baby-holding mother’s face was ‘completely unacceptable,’ LA County sheriff says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley after the Sheriff’s Department released video on Wednesday of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby. The edited video from body camera footage shows the July 2022 encounter during a traffic stop in Palmdale, northeast of Los Angeles. At a news conference, Sheriff Robert Luna said …
Deputy punching baby-holding mother’s face was ‘completely unacceptable,’ LA County sheriff says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley after the Sheriff’s Department released video on Wednesday of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby. The edited video from body camera footage shows the July 2022 encounter during a traffic stop in Palmdale, northeast of Los Angeles. At a news conference, Sheriff Robert Luna said …
Deputy punching baby-holding mother’s face was ‘completely unacceptable,’ LA County sheriff says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley after the Sheriff’s Department released video on Wednesday of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby. The edited video from body camera footage shows the July 2022 encounter during a traffic stop in Palmdale, northeast of Los Angeles. At a news conference, Sheriff Robert Luna said …
Deputy punching baby-holding mother’s face was ‘completely unacceptable,’ LA County sheriff says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley after the Sheriff’s Department released video on Wednesday of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby. The edited video from body camera footage shows the July 2022 encounter during a traffic stop in Palmdale, northeast of Los Angeles. At a news conference, Sheriff Robert Luna said …
Deputy punching baby-holding mother’s face was ‘completely unacceptable,’ LA County sheriff says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the second time in a week, the Los Angeles County sheriff decried the use of force by deputies in the Antelope Valley after the Sheriff’s Department released video on Wednesday of a deputy punching a woman twice in the face as she held her baby. The edited video from body camera footage shows the July 2022 encounter during a traffic stop in Palmdale, northeast of Los Angeles. At a news conference, Sheriff Robert Luna said …
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