A Los Angeles County Inspector General’s report published on Sept. 10 recommended that the Los Angeles Sherriff’s Department (LASD) regulate the practice of pointing firearms at unarmed people after an investigation into an incident in which firearms were drawn on three teenagers. In August 2020, the Santa Clarita Sherriff’s station responded to a call about a potential fight in a parking lot in Santa Clarita. The caller said three teenagers allegedly hit an older man with their skateboards; the Los Angeles Daily News reported that a lawyer for the teens later said the older man attacked them and chased them into traffic. When officers arrived upon the scene, they found two 16-year-olds and one 18-year-old at a bus stop, with a crowd of about six to eight people. A video shot by a crowd member shows three deputies with their guns, one of them an AR-15 rifle, aimed at the …
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