LOS ANGELES, CA – A controversial plea agreement for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy convicted of excessive force has triggered the resignation of multiple federal prosecutors, according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eli A. Alcaraz and Brian R. Faerstein, along with section chief Cassie Palmer, resigned in protest after the new U.S. Attorney approved a post-trial plea deal for Deputy Trevor Kirk. Kirk had been found guilty of a felony for assaulting and pepper-spraying a woman outside a Lancaster WinCo supermarket in 2023.
Kirk was convicted of one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, a felony that carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. However, under the revised plea agreement, he will plead guilty to a lesser misdemeanor version of the same offense and serve no more than one year in prison—with the possibility of probation, according to The Times…