Los Angeles sheriff's deputy gets 8 years in jail beating

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By AMANDA LEE MYERS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for supervising the backroom beating of a jail visitor who fellow guards testified was handcuffed on the ground and covered in blood.

U.S. District Judge George King ordered former Sgt. Eric Gonzalez taken into custody immediately.

Gonzalez, a 15-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department, was found guilty in June of deprivation of civil rights, conspiracy to violate constitutional rights and falsification of records in the 2011 beating of Gabriel Carrillo. Four other deputies have been convicted in the case and await sentencing, while a fifth was indicted in the case last month.

The convictions in Carrillo's beating are part of a federal investigation of civil rights abuses and corruption at the nation's largest sheriff's department.

FULL story at link.


FILE - This undated evidence file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office and taken by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Gabriel Carrillo in Los Angeles. The former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy convicted in the beating of Carrillo, a jail visitor who was handcuffed and assaulted by several deputies, is set to be sentenced in federal court. Sgt. Eric Gonzalez faces up to 12 years in prison at his sentencing Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, though his attorney is requesting no more than a 2 1/2-year sentence. Gonzalez was found guilty in June of deprivation of civil rights, conspiracy to violate constitutional rights and falsification of records. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Unbelievable sadistic monsters. Here's a video presented as evidence from last June:

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies interview prison visitor after beating

- video at link -
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Eyewitness News has obtained exclusive video of an interview with a jail visitor
right after he was allegedly beaten by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.
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By Miriam Hernandez and Lisa Bartley
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

LOS ANGELES (KABC) --
Gabriel Carrillo's face is battered, swollen and caked with blood. He's handcuffed. His once white t-shirt is blood-soaked and ripped apart.

Jurors viewed the graphic images in a video recorded hours after Carrillo's face-off with Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies. Federal prosecutors say the footage helps prove that three deputies on trial conspired to violate Carrillo's constitutional rights, used unreasonable force and then falsified records to cover it up.

Eyewitness News obtained the video which shows Carrillo being interviewed by Los Angeles Sheriff's Department investigators, including Sgt. Eric Gonzalez.

Jurors have learned Gonzalez was a key figure in the incident. Prosecutors say he directed the attack on Carrillo.

More:
http://abc7.com/news/exclusive-lasd-deputies-interview-prison-visitor-after-beating/802334/

This was truly vicious. It's good to hear this man will actually be spending the next 8 years in prison. Hope he will do the entire sentence before he is released.

[Hortensis]

2. At a low point in my life, I transcribed LAC Sheriff's Department

Internal Affairs case depositions. Just a fill-in for a few months. I know nothing about this case, of course, but I find this sort of thing totally credible.

[marble falls]

3. About time one of these thugs get some real time. Shoulda been ten.