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It took a federal jury an hour to convict a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy of using excessive force after he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman outside a supermarket in Lancaster in 2023.The prosecutors made their case in a three-day trial in February, ultimately persuading jurors to find Trevor Kirk guilty of a felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Kirk faced up to 10 years in prison.But on Monday, U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson sentenced Kirk to four months in prison, after last week granting the government’s request to dismiss the felony charge. With that...

Feds Seeking Links Between D.C. Sniper and Radical Islam By ORI NIR FORWARD STAFF WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have begun investigating whether Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad may have been motivated not only by personal fury or greed, but also by a militant strain of Islam. Various press reports say federal agents are chasing down possible ties between Muhammad and Islamic terrorist organizations, while some pundits and at least one Jewish organization are pointing to a tantalizing series of reports suggesting Muhammad was influenced by militant religious ideology. Among the leads being pursued are indications that Muhammad may have been...