Video captures a confrontation involving a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy in Whittier.
Attorney Tom Beck said Brock was driving home from his teaching job in Whittier when he displayed the middle finger to a deputy who appeared to be having a heated conversation with a woman on the side of the road. A patrol vehicle began following him, but Brock claimed the deputy never activated the vehicle's lights and sirens.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
"His claim for the detention is that he spotted my guy on routine patrol with an air freshener hanging from his mirror, as if that’s a legal reason to pull him over," Beck said. "It appeared he was about to walk away from the car and myself," the deputy wrote as part of an 11-page incident report obtained by the."His rejection of my traffic detention and his apparent intent to distance himself from his vehicle further raise safety concerns. I know from my training and experience that those who possess contraband items inside vehicles commonly attempt to disassociate themselves from their vehicles when law enforcement is present.
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