The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an incident outside a grocery store in which a sheriff’s deputy slammed a woman to the ground during a confrontation about an alleged robbery in progress.
July 5, 2023, 6:21 PMBodycam footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of a June 24 2023, incident outside a WinCo grocery store in Lancaster, Calif.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a June 24 incident outside a WinCo Foods grocery store in Lancaster, California, where a sheriff’s deputy slammed a woman to the ground during a confrontation about an alleged robbery in progress.
According to the LASD, two deputies responded to the scene after a report of an in-progress robbery at the WinCo Foods store at the 700 block of West Avenue K-4 in Lancaster. The other sheriff’s deputy is then seen approaching the woman, who appeared to be recording the deputies’ interaction with the man."Get down on the ground. Get on the ground. Stop. Stop or you're going to get punched in the face," the sheriff’s deputy responded.Bodycam footage released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of a June 24 2023, incident outside a WinCo grocery store in Lancaster, Calif.
Asked why the deputy slammed the woman to the ground, Yu said, “My client took [the woman] down to the ground due to her being resistant, and specifically saying, ‘YOU CAN’T TOUCH ME,’ multiple times.”
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