US EditionOfficer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction
- In June 2023, Deputy Trevor Kirk attacked and used pepper spray on an older woman who was recording a man’s detention in front of a store in Los Angeles.
- Kirk was convicted in February of a felony deprivation of rights charge, but prosecutors later offered a plea deal reducing it to a misdemeanor with probation.
- The victim suffered a black eye, broken wrist bone, bruises, scratches, and chemical burns, while Kirk remained employed but was relieved from duty pending an internal investigation.
- U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said he made the decision to extend the misdemeanor plea after thoroughly reviewing the case, while experts called the plea deal 'seemingly without precedent'.
- A judge imposed a four-month prison term on Kirk, and a court declined the victim's request to reinstate the felony charge, illustrating a wider federal pattern of scaling back prosecutions of police misconduct.
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Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction
A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony.
Officer who used excessive force might plead guilty to a misdemeanor following a felony conviction - Entertainment Unleashed Here
Los Angeles— A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison for misdemeanor excessive force after the new Trump-appointed US attorney granted an unprecedented plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony. The victim’s attorney petitioned a federal appeals court to reinstate the felony conviction, but the court denied on Thursday. ...
Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction - The Morning Sun
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles sheriff's deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony. The victim's attorney asked a federal appeals court to reinstate the felony conviction, but the court declined to do so on Thursday. Deputy Trevor Kirk was recorded tackling and pepper-spraying an…
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