California deputy accused of bribing witnesses in videotaped beating

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

California deputy accused of bribing witnesses in videotaped beating

Reuters
1 hour ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A veteran police officer accused of bribing witnesses in the brutal beating of a man has been placed on leave during an investigation of the "horrific" allegation, a San Francisco Bay Area sheriff said on Tuesday.

This is the third officer to be placed on leave in connection with the beating last November, which caused a sensation after security camera video of the incident went viral.

The two sheriff's deputies seen pummeling the suspect on the video, Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber, were previously placed on leave. The officer accused of bribery has not been officially identified.

The news comes amid heightened scrutiny of police use of force after several notable confrontations with suspects that have triggered protests across the country over the past two years.




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Stanislav Petrov, their guest of honor at the beating.[/center]

[Mr.Bill]

1. In California, worst case scenario for these cops

is they get fired. I will think justice is done if the two cops doing the beating are charged with attempted murder and every cop on the scene who lied about it is charged with felony conspiracy.

The suspect here is no angel, he allegedly rammed a police car with the stolen car he was driving and caused a chase, IIRC. The bad thing is, he may be guilty of a serious violent crime and the police and DA think they can clean this up by not having charges filed against him (yet).

So, potentially, a violent criminal goes free and bad cops just lose their job and make all who wear the uniform look like bad guys.

I hope I am wrong about this, but I've seen it too many times in my state.