Tuesday, February 8, 2011

ACLU Witnesses Deputies Beating Inmate at Los Angeles Jail

Los Angeles County Sheriff authorities have launched an internal investigation into allegations that two sheriff’s deputies beat and tazed an unconscious inmate at the downtown Twin Towers Correctional Facility. An American Civil Liberties Union monitor who witnessed the violence gave a sworn statement to federal authorities this week, saying the deputies beat inmate James Parker for two minutes. Pacifica’s Dan Fritz reports.