'We're terrorized': LA sheriffs frequently harass families of people they kill, says report

[dalton99a]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/04/los-angeles-sheriffs-harass-families-of-victims-report

‘We’re terrorized’: LA sheriffs frequently harass families of people they kill, says report
Los Angeles sheriff’s department has routinely retaliated against victims’ relatives who speak out, NLG and ACLU say in report
Sam Levin in Los Angeles @SamTLevin
Tue 4 May 2021 17.07 EDT

Los Angeles sheriff deputies frequently harass the families of people they have killed, including taunting them at vigils, parking outside their homes and following them and pulling them over for no reason, according to a new report from the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

The authors collected detailed accounts of alleged harassment from the families of Paul Rea, an 18-year-old killed during a traffic stop in 2019, and Anthony Vargas, a 21-year-old shot 13 times in 2018. The report, also produced by Black Lives Matter LA and Centro Community Service Organization, alleges:

LASD deputies regularly drive by or park in front of the Rea and Vargas families’ homes and workplaces and at times have taken photos or recorded them for no reason.

Deputies have repeatedly pulled over relatives, searched their cars and detained and arrested them without probable cause, allegedly in retaliation for their protests.

Officers have shown up to vigils and family gatherings, at times mocking and laughing at them or threatening to arrest them, and have also damaged items at memorial sites.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, LAPD is one of the most federally investigated PDs in the country. They don't deserve the

... benefit of the doubt.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

[Bettie]

3. I wish I could say I am

surprised.

I'm not. Not even a little bit.

This is police culture in the US.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. ive heard horror stories for years . on personal experiance

but from others . i lived in glendora til about late 1994.