The Root; Published By Kalyn Womack
Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are in some trouble after their body camera footage from June 24 was reviewed by the department. According to ABC7 News, the video showed the officers violently detaining an elderly Black couple they accused of robbing a grocery store.
The officers responded to a report of a robbery in Lancaster, and matched the description of the suspects to a Black elderly couple, per the department, who also didn’t share what that description was. The video shows the deputy giving orders to the man who explains that he told the store to call the police in concern of a robbery and waited for them to arrive.
What robber has the police called on themself and waits around to see what happens? … Anyway, as soon as the deputies pulled the handcuffs out, things escalated into a disturbing chain of events. Read more
