Discussion: Ex-Sheriff's Deputy Gets 8 Years Prison For 'Savage Beating' Of Jail Visitor

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       Buuhh -- Buuyy
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No early release…

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Avrahamy had argued that Gonzalez be sentenced to between 24 and 30
months in prison, saying his client is a good man who worked in a
dangerous environment where it’s difficult to always get it right.
Avrahamy also argued that Carrillo provoked the beating by using
insulting and threatening language.

If they give pretty horrific beat downs to VISITORS at the jail, one wonders how they’ve treated the inmates.

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Avrahamy argued that a lengthy sentence would be overly punitive, saying the 46-year-old Gonzalez had already lost his job and his reputation, and he’ll probably never find work in law enforcement again.

Given that he supervised the beating of a visitor to the jail because he didn’t like what the man said, he doesn’t need to work in Law Enforcement EVA AGAIN. That’s the type of person that should never be in Law Enforcement.

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You can get in trouble for beating and abusing a Hispanic person, in the United States!!! See, this is EXACTLY why we need to elect Donald Trump. On Day One of his Presidency he can pardon Eric Gonzalez, sending a message to other Hispanics their migration back to Mexico would be a wise move if they know what’s good for them. Eric Gonzalez can stay, though. Gonzalez,… that’s German, right?

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The AP has been doing a series on sexual assaults by LEOs this past week. I would strongly urge everyone to read it. Here is the first article, but they seem to be releasing a different article each day.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/fd1d4d05e561462a85abe50e7eaed4ec/ap-hundreds-officers-lose-licenses-over-sex-misconduct

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From personal experience, the LA Sherriff’s Dept is total scum. the Department should be cleaned out by firing all of them and starting over again from the ground up. They are the worst gang in Los Angeles and have been for decades.

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“[T]he case has eroded public trust.”

And when it comes to cops, that’s running real low anyway.

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Good luck on that appeal. Words have never been considered sufficient to provoke a legitimate battery and as for the “dangerous environment” crap…not when they are handcuffed.

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…I’m sure Joe Arpaio would like to have Gonzalez in his effort to ‘diviersify’ his ‘AZ VigilanteSquad’…

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nd he’ll probably never find work in law enforcement again.

Fox is always on the lookout for all those victimized Cops, especially with BLM taking off. He may even get a talk show.

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Eight years is not long enough. The average federal marijuana sentence is 3 years. Smoke a joint, get 3 years. Beat the shit out of an innocent man, pepper spray him, unlawfully incarcerate, abuse your authority and get 8 years.

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Avrahamy argued that a lengthy sentence would be overly punitive, saying
the 46-year-old Gonzalez had already lost his job and his reputation,
and he’ll probably never find work in law enforcement again.

Well, I guess he’s got time for the lengthy sentence now.

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I am still flummoxed by how many assh*les’ lawyers use the “been punished enough by losing job and prospects” argument. Because long sentences should be reserved for “real” members of the underlclass, who don’t have any serious prospects in life anyway? Because some people just deserve to have good lives, and that shouldn’t be taken away just because they commit a brutal crime? (And other people, we know which ones, just don’t deserve to have good lives, so punishing them more isn’t a big deal…)

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The only story here is that he is actually going to prison. So many don’t.

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Recall this one?

Although this one was in Orange County…

Death of Kelly Thomas - Wikipedia

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On January 13, 2014 with both [officers] Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli being found not guilty of any criminal charges.

~OGD~

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[In]famous for it for decades. Whenever LAPD does something egregious, which is often, folks’ reaction tends to be something on the order of, “At least it wasn’t the sheriffs.” Everyone hoped it would get better when Pete Pitchess finally left, but it didn’t. (Actually, there had been hope for that when Pitchess replaced Eugene Biscailuz, but that was quickly quashed.)

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Avrahamy may as well have argued: “It was a bad call Ripley, a bad call.”

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The beating began, prosecutors say, when a handcuffed Carrillo commented to a deputy that if he weren’t restrained, “it would be a different story.”

And then the deputies made sure it was a different story…and then they argue it’s hard to always get it right? Like…“Ooops…damn…oh well, I guess we’ll try not to beat the hell out of the next guy…awkward…”