LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced April 26 that he will be investigating the leak of a video that appeared in a Los Angeles Times article showing a sheriff’s deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes.
“This is stolen property that was removed illegally from people who had some intent, criminal intent, and it’ll be subject to investigation,” Villanueva said during an April 26 press conference.
Villanueva said the sheriff’s department won’t be the only agency investigating the video leak and said evidence will be “handed over to the appropriate prosecutorial agencies so they can make a determination.”
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