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Los Angeles deputies break ranks to admit beating of jail visitor
Source: The Guardian
Los Angeles deputies break ranks to admit beating of jail visitor
Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Monday 1 June 2015 22.41 BST
Two Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputies who are accused with three colleagues over the beating of a jail visitor have broken ranks on the eve of a trial and pleaded guilty.
Noel Womack and Pantamitr Zunggeemoge struck a deal with prosecutors which could see them testifying against their former colleagues, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday, citing court filings.
Womack ended years of denials by admitting deputies beat a visitor, Gabriel Carillo, who was handcuffed and held to the floor in a room at the sheriff’s department’s main jail facility in February 2011.
Federal authorities have investigated reports of several similar incidents in 2010 and 2011. Deputies allegedly beat visitors in a windowless, secluded room and then wrote reports falsely claiming the victims had instigated violence.
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Rory Carroll in Los Angeles
Monday 1 June 2015 22.41 BST
Two Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputies who are accused with three colleagues over the beating of a jail visitor have broken ranks on the eve of a trial and pleaded guilty.
Noel Womack and Pantamitr Zunggeemoge struck a deal with prosecutors which could see them testifying against their former colleagues, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday, citing court filings.
Womack ended years of denials by admitting deputies beat a visitor, Gabriel Carillo, who was handcuffed and held to the floor in a room at the sheriff’s department’s main jail facility in February 2011.
Federal authorities have investigated reports of several similar incidents in 2010 and 2011. Deputies allegedly beat visitors in a windowless, secluded room and then wrote reports falsely claiming the victims had instigated violence.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/01/los-angeles-deputies-admit-beating-jail-visitor
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I don't know if they didn't know that or if it was a joke, but that cracked me up.
Glad to know it made someone laugh 
