And he heard the shouts of the sheriff’s deputy on top of him, pressing him into the pavement of the 7-Eleven parking lot. “The system that they have in place that they tell the public guarantees accountability is a farce.”AdvertisementBefore his run-in with the deputy, Brock already was having a miserable day. “Even when I did get them out the way he wanted, he continued to punch me,” Brock told The Times. To Ed Obayashi, a former Northern California sheriff’s deputy who is a national use-of-force expert, the incident raises red flags. In a May email to the department, Brock’s attorney accused the deputy of false imprisonment and kidnapping.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 24, 2023 02:42 UTC