Ex-L.A. County sheriff's sergeant sentenced to 8 years in prison in jail beating

Los Angeles Times | November 2, 2015 | 12:19 PM

A federal judge today sentenced a former Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant to prison for his role in the beating of a handcuffed man at the Men's Central Jail.
It is the first sentence in a brutality case since the FBI began investigating excessive-force claims in the county's jails more than five years ago.
The former sergeant, Eric Gonzalez, was convicted earlier this year on charges that he orchestrated a cover-up of a 2011 beating by several deputies under his command.
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