Report details misconduct by L.A. County sheriff's deputies

Los Angeles Times ^ | August 5, 2011 | Robert Faturechi

[Smogger]

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In the incident at the fast-food restaurant, a deputy in a McDonald's heard his car alarm go off and went outside to find that the vehicle had been hit. He and the other driver agreed to exchange information, but the other driver didn't want to alert police, prompting the deputy to pull his gun out and tell the driver he was a cop.

The other driver, surprised by the statement, got back in his car and drove off.

As the car pulled away, the deputy fired several rounds at it. The man wasn't struck, but his car was.

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A sheriff's spokesman said a case was presented to prosecutors, who declined to file charges, citing insufficient evidence. The Sheriff's Department refused to release the former deputy's name, or those of any other deputies whose misconduct was mentioned in the report.

[Terry Mross]

The county should at least fix the bullet holes. If he it the car.

[ken21]

cops in california have become increasingly corrupt

with indian gaming, the attendant prostitution, drugs and

gangs.

[dragnet2]

When investigators arrived, the deputy claimed he had reached into the other car while the other driver was trying to flee, and was dragged 15 feet before he started firing. The incident, however, was caught on tape, showing that he wasn't dragged.

Whoops...

Hard to believe the caliber of cops being hired nowadays.

[alancarp]

Lack of evidence??

Let’s see... filing a false report (the dragging part) and bullet holes in the car. That should be enough to get started, I would think.

Yeah, the other guy should get hit with a ‘leaving the scene of an accident’ citation, but at least he didn’t try to kill anybody.

[Kirkwood]

Not sure about California, but around here the police don’t come out to take accident reports on fender benders on private or commercial property.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

I guess the bullet holes in the car didn’t qualify as evidence.

[SaraJohnson]

cops in california have become increasingly corrupt

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Mexifornia, here we come. Right back where we started from.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

More cops you can defend, looks like a huge pile of “isolated incidents”...

[Jim Robinson]

I don’t defend anyone, bad cop fetish troll, but if you wish to start a bad cop website and post nothing but bad cop stories 24/7/365, knock yourself out! FR is not an exclusive bad cop site!! Don’t like it, leave! Continue with the attitude you’ll be shown the way out!