2 ex-LA sheriff’s deputies face federal civil rights charges
By STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors accuse two former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies of violating the civil rights of a skateboarder in 2020 and perpetrating a coverup. A grand jury handed down the indictment last month and both ex-deputies surrendered to authorities Thursday when it was unsealed. Miguel Vega and Christopher Hernandez are accused of throwing the skateboarder in the back of their cruiser and detaining him without cause in Compton in April 2020. He was still in the patrol vehicle when they engaged in a pursuit and crashed the car, injuring the skateboarder. Prosecutors say the duo then conspired to cover up the 23-year-old man’s unlawful detention.
