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Post by avordvet on Dec 10, 2013 6:02:49 GMT -5
18 LA Sheriff's Deputies Face Federal ChargesMonday, 09 Dec 2013 08:14 PM Federal officials say 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies saw themselves as "above the law," engaging in corruption and civil-rights abuses that included beating inmates and visitors, falsifying reports, and trying to block an FBI investigation of the nation's largest jail system. The charges were announced at a news conference Monday after 16 of the 18 defendants were arrested earlier in the day. At least two are no longer working for the department, and some of those charged were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Monday. "These incidents did not take place in a vacuum — in fact, they demonstrated behavior that had become institutionalized. The pattern of activity alleged in the obstruction of justice case shows how some members of the Sheriff's Department considered themselves to be above the law," U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said. www.newsmax.com/US/LA-sheriff-corruption-deputies/2013/12/09/id/540905
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