The ACLU is suing the Sheriff’s Department, claiming that top commanders knew that inmates were being brutalized but failed to do anything about it. “This suit is directed at them because they have allowed deputies to go unpunished, covered up their behavior and for years made no effort to reform this broken system,” said Peter Eliasberg, legal director of the ACLU of Southern California. more › Read the rest here: Sheriff’s Top Commanders OKed Brutality Against Jailed Inmates, ACLU Suit Says
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Sheriff’s Top Commanders OKed Brutality Against Jailed Inmates, ACLU Suit Says
