Civil rights lawsuit filed against LA County probation officers over alleged assault. ABC 08/02/2023 скачать в хорошем качестве

Civil rights lawsuit filed against LA County probation officers over alleged assault. ABC 08/02/2023

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday against Los Angeles County, its former chief probation officer and various deputy probation officers at a juvenile camp in Malibu alleges officers used excessive force against a minor detainee and failed to share video of the confrontation with the district attorney's office, despite being urged to do so by county officials. The teen said he still suffers from back pain and said he was afraid to come forward due to alleged threats indicating he would be sent to adult prison while being housed at the Camp Kilpatrick facility. "Not only did they brutalize him but they covered it up," said Cardona's attorney Luis Carrillo. "They covered it up and they failed to report child abuse. They could be prosecuted for that crime of failure to report child abuse." Video of the incident was first made public by The Los Angeles Times. According to the complaint, the officers "wrongfully restrained Cardona and then pinned him down at several points of his body, bending his body in half, causing extreme pain'' and cut off his air supply when Cross and other officers allegedly "placed excessive weight on Cardona's throat and/or chest.'' Attorneys further contend in the suit that despite their client's "unimposing physical attributes and repeated pleas for his mother and painful screams to remove the excessive weight from (his) throat and/or chest, the officers continued to asphyxiate, assault, and bend Cardona in half, causing (him) to experience immense pain and near-death due to the lack of oxygen to his lungs and brain.''