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Recommend LA County Jail Cannot Investigate Itself: ACLU Seeks Probe into Beating of Defenseless Black Man (Email)

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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC) has called on the United States Attorney's Office to launch an independent criminal investigation into last month's brutal beating by two Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) deputies of an inmate at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, which is part of the Los Angeles County Jail system.

The Jan. 24 savage attack on James Parker, detained on a non-violent marijuana charge, was witnessed by ACLU/SC's Jails Project Coordinator Esther Lim, who is assigned to monitor all county jails, and another inmate.

Both observed the two deputies beating Parker for about two minutes while he was lying on the ground limp, motionless and not resisting the deputies in any way. One of the deputies also repeatedly used a Taser against Parker.

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