L.A. County jail probe includes claim that deputies beat visitor

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By Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times
October 20, 2011
The FBI probe into the Los Angeles County jails has expanded to include allegations of a man who says he was beaten and pepper sprayed by deputies while handcuffed during a visit to see his incarcerated brother.

The accusations of Gabriel Carrillo, who suffered serious bruises and cuts during the altercation on Feb. 26, have also sparked a criminal investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Carrillo contends he was the victim of an unprovoked attack, but deputies said they used force only after he assaulted them. The violence, they said, occurred after they detained him for possessing a cellphone at the jail.

Based on the deputies' statements, the district attorney's office charged Carrillo with battery, resisting the deputies, trying to escape arrest and bringing a cellphone into the jail. But prosecutors last week abruptly dropped the case, saying they were awaiting more Sheriff's Department reports. They would not elaborate and said they might refile the charges later.


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[MADem]

1. Beating VISITORS????

Aside from the generic inhumanity aspect, which goes without saying, there's the whole STUPIDITY aspect. There is video, unless someone erased it.


If the guy DID have a cellphone (and that's a definite no-no; he should have put it in his little locker before starting his visit) they should have arrested him, not beat him half to death.