More than 20 sheriff’s stations are boycotting the annual Baker to Vegas relay run to show support for a deputy convicted of excessive force . They are calling it a wrongful conviction.
A jury found Deputy Trevor Kirk guilty of federal civil rights violations for using excessive force when he pepper sprayed a woman while responding to a possible robbery in 2023 at a Lancaster WinCo Foods.
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The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Professional Association’s Nick Wilson says they announced that dozens of stations would withdraw from the 120-mile relay race to send a message to L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna and the public.
“Deputies cannot… walk off the job or call in sick. This is the only thing that deputy sheriffs can do that will not hurt the public,” Wilson told KNX News’ Nataly Tavidian …