Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he is opting out of the Los Angeles Times endorsement process amid reports that his office attempted to cover up an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate. “I respectfully reject your invitation to participate in your editorial board’s endorsement process for Sheriff. He added that the Times “is a card-carrying member of the Political establishment.”The editorial board is completely separate from the newspaper’s newsroom. Robert Greene, an editorial writer at the Times and member of the board, tweeted that the sheriff was, in fact, involved in the board’s endorsement process. The Hill has reached out to Villanueva’s campaign and to the Times editorial board for comment.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2022 21:45 UTC