The Los Angeles County sheriff said a Los Angeles Times reporter who used leaked documents and video to report on an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head is part of his criminal investigation.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff on Tuesday disputed allegations he orchestrated a cover-up of an incident where a deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head and said who used leaked documents and video to first report on the case is part of his criminal investigation.
“Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s attack on Alene Tchekmedyian’s First Amendment rights for doing newsworthy reporting on a video that showed a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head is outrageous,” Executive Editor Kevin Merida said in a statement. “We will vigorously defend Tchekmedyian’s and the Los Angeles Times’ rights in any proceeding or investigation brought by authorities.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva gestures during a news conference April 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. Villanueva, who oversees the nation’s largest sheriff’s department, is up for reelection and Castellano’s claim states the sheriff was seeking to avoid bad publicity during his campaign.
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