A mother from East Los Angeles is seeking clarification after one of her sons recorded a video of deputies punching her other son. One Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy can be seen in the video choice Alejandro Hernandez, age 34. The opposing deputy retracts one arm before striking him in the face. The fingertips of the deputy are stained with blood. Hernandez has undergone amputation.
“He is a human being,” Hernandez’s mother, Gabriela Ortega, stated. “I understand they’re doing their job, but there was no need for that brutality that they did, the beating that they gave him.”
Ortega claims that deputies stopped her son while he was washing his vehicle on Monday afternoon. Hernandez was identified by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as an active gang member. “We make every effort to guide our children in the correct direction. “On occasion, they choose the incorrect path,” Ortega replied in response to a question regarding her knowledge of her son’s gang membership. “But now they say, ‘Ok, he’s a gang member,’ and to them, he’s always going to be a gang member.”
Hernandez, according to the department, made gestures that suggested he might have been attempting to conceal something. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department states that shortly after making contact with him, deputies detected the presence of a loaded 9mm firearm concealed within his trousers.
Hernandez was taken into custody on two outstanding charges: ex-felon in possession of a firearm and assault on a police officer in connection with an alleged attempt to elude arrest.
“He served his sentence for the crime,” Ortega said regarding the prior conviction of her son. “But now he’s been good for so long, and I don’t understand why the police brutality … why was it so necessary to beat him up like that?”
Deputies, according to Ortega, harassed Hernandez in the days preceding this incident.
A surge in harassment complaints prompted the Civilian Oversight Commission to devise a novel policy aimed at resolving the issue weeks ago.
“Harrassing any deputy sheriff, especially a family member of someone killed by the sheriff’s department, is a disciplinary offense,” Commissioner Robert Bonner stated at the meeting on November 9.
Hernandez remains in custody as he continues to recuperate from his injuries.
In this case, the sheriff’s office has not commented on the alleged harassment. An investigation has been commenced into the application of force.
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