"Our investigation also found that these incidents did not take place in a vacuum -- in fact, they demonstrated behavior that had become institutionalized," U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. said. "The pattern of activity alleged in the obstruction of justice case shows how some members of the Sheriff's Department considered themselves to be above the law." [More]Gee, you mean it's more than "a few bad apples" and that punk SOB "Republican" gungrabber Lee Baca is part of the problem...?
Still, coming from the DOJ, that's rich.
[Via several of you]
The LA Coubty Sheriff Department require newly hired deputies to work as jailers ... Usually for years ... Before they are considered sufficiently hardened and brutal to be put out on street duty dealing with the citizenry.
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