Santa Ana Could Censure Police Union Critic After Cops File Harassment Complaints

Santa Ana officials are expected to consider censuring Councilman Johnathan Hernandez tonight after three police officers filed complaints alleging he harassed, retaliated and defamed them.

The complaints come after a host of accountability questions surfaced over summer for the police department and its union – which spends heavily on local elections – posed in part by Hernandez during a federal immigration crackdown particularly felt in cities like Santa Ana.

Scores of residents railed Santa Ana police department’s response to the local protests against the federal deportation sweeps – including Hernandez…

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