L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva denies he attempted to cover up an incident involving a deputy who knelt on the head of a jailed man who was handcuffed for three minutes.
Johnson and other deputies are seen in the video restraining Escalante face down on the floor, and Johnson places his knee on Escalante's head. The Times said after Escalante was handcuffed and no longer resisting, Johnson kept his knee on Escalante's head for three more minutes.
Villanueva said he didn’t see the video until November, and that as soon as he did he ordered the deputy relieved from duty and called for a criminal probe.But Sheriff’s Commander Eli Vera, who is running against Villanueva in the June election, said the sheriff saw the video shortly after the incident.
“I learned from multiple sources that he watched the video back in March,” said Vera, who oversees court services where the incident occurred. It's"critical" that allegations of a coverup"be investigated by an outside agency," said L.A. County Inspector General Max Huntsman.Frank Stoltze covers a new movement for criminal justice reform at a time when not everybody shares the same vision.
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