LASD Deputy Hiraudi Lopez-Romero, 29, was charged with on-duty assault for unlawfully using a stun gun on someone being detained for shoplifting in Compton back in 2020.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy was charged with assault for an incident that occurred while they were on duty back in 2020.
"A man was detained and when he allegedly resisted going into a deputy's car, he was pepper-sprayed," a press release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said."The man, who was handcuffed, was kicking inside the vehicle as he was being transported to a hospital to be treated, decontaminated and cleared for booking. While en route to the hospital, he shattered one of the windows with his feet.
"Lopez-Romero has been charged with unlawfully using a Taser stun gun on someone who had been detained for shoplifting in Compton," the statement says.
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