July of 2023 and now the ordeal is ending.
Emmett Brock, 24, lost his job as a teacher and faces two misdemeanors after a violent altercation with a deputy outside a 7-Eleven.NBC NewsBy Jo YurcabaJuly 25, 2023The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a deputy threw a transgender man to the ground, punched him and held him down as the man called for help. During the encounter, which was caught on recently released surveillance video, the man could be heard telling the deputy that he couldn’t breathe and at one point said, “You’re going to kill me.”Emmett Brock, 24, told NBC News he was driving home from his job as a teacher in February when he passed a deputy who appeared to be having a heated conversation with a woman on the side of the road. Brock said he gave the deputy the middle finger as he drove by, and that a patrol vehicle started following him, but the deputy never turned on the vehicle’s sirens or lights.[…]Brock exited his vehicle and, as he closed his car door, Benza said, “I stopped you,” the video shows. Brock responded, “No, you didn’t,” with the knowledge that he had called 911 to check, he said. But then he said the deputy’s hands were on him, and he immediately panicked and thought, “I’m going to die.”Benza grabbed him, threw him to the ground and then held Brock for three minutes while repeatedly punching him in the head, the video shows.
But then in jail the most humiliating part began,
Emmett Brock, 24, lost his job as a teacher and faces two misdemeanors after a violent altercation with a deputy outside a 7-Eleven.NBC NewsBy Jo YurcabaJuly 25, 2023The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a deputy threw a transgender man to the ground, punched him and held him down as the man called for help. During the encounter, which was caught on recently released surveillance video, the man could be heard telling the deputy that he couldn’t breathe and at one point said, “You’re going to kill me.”Emmett Brock, 24, told NBC News he was driving home from his job as a teacher in February when he passed a deputy who appeared to be having a heated conversation with a woman on the side of the road. Brock said he gave the deputy the middle finger as he drove by, and that a patrol vehicle started following him, but the deputy never turned on the vehicle’s sirens or lights.[…]Brock exited his vehicle and, as he closed his car door, Benza said, “I stopped you,” the video shows. Brock responded, “No, you didn’t,” with the knowledge that he had called 911 to check, he said. But then he said the deputy’s hands were on him, and he immediately panicked and thought, “I’m going to die.”Benza grabbed him, threw him to the ground and then held Brock for three minutes while repeatedly punching him in the head, the video shows.
So that is how it all began and it just ended last week.
Emmett Brock, a trans man, was driving home from his job as a teacher when he was beaten by an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy outside a 7-Eleven store.Los Angles TimeBy Keri BlakingerDec. 25, 2024At least eight Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have been relieved of duty amid a federal investigation into the beating of a transgender man last year in a 7-Eleven parking lot, according to several law enforcement sources.Last week, nearly two years after the incident, Deputy Joseph Benza III agreed to plead guilty to one felony civil rights violation in federal court. In his plea agreement, Benza admitted that he lied to the FBI about the incident and alleged that numerous other deputies and sergeants helped obstruct the investigation and cover up the misconduct.
Ah… the “Thin Blue Line.”
Sheriff’s officials would not specify how many employees have been sidelined, but half a dozen sources in the department told The Times that eight people — including several sergeants — were relieved of duty. The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
We don’t squeal on fellow officers! From people who swore an oath to uphold the law!
In another NBC News article they write that…
Brock said he hopes the claim for damages, which his lawyer, Tom Beck, filed against the County of Los Angeles last month, will cover some of his lost wages. He said he also plans to file a lawsuit against the sheriff’s department, in part because Deputy Joseph Benza, who arrested him, has not faced disciplinary action.“I would really hope that the deputy is dismissed and punitive action is taken,” Brock said. “I just can’t feel like this is acceptable behavior on the deputy’s part — to assault another person over hurt feelings.”
There is that “Blue Line” again!
People might say, justice was done! But I will not, the man went through a trauma of being viciously attacked and humiliation that will be with him the rest of his life.
Horrible, disgusting. I posted it on my blog as well.
ReplyDeleteOh yes that "thin Blue line." throw in a fascist regime and what do you come up with? Some in the LGBT movements say the cops are our friends, blow them a kiss, invite them to pride with their little rainbow ribbons and rainbow painted cars. Not on my life. Miss Major says, "Why would anyone want to swim naked with sharks." Oh well onward to other things. I have work to do outside of the LGBT movement. But I will never tell the fondling's in the movement, "I told you so, but F-that I have and I did and be prepared because these types of beatings are going to be commonplace. Why because we cross that STRAIGHT line that they have woven. Cross, it watch out. There will be no thank you mam and many won't come back to tell the story. Yeah, Yeah, bougie tell me again while you clap your one hand that some of those protectors of the people were suspended. Ok isn't that nice. It is way past time to say which side of the barricades you are on and never even when crumbs are dangled at us except any part of what they are or could be doing to our people.
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