Garrett Maxey

So that got looked at by the sheriff, and the sheriff said, nah, you know what? I don't like that. I don't like the optics on that. So he sent that off to, uh, to the LA County DA. And, uh, even the LA County DA's office was like, not much we can do with this. The civil side of that didn't go anywhere. He got pushed up to the feds and the feds said, yeah, we'll take this.

And he just, he just lost that case. He was convicted of the officer. Yeah. The deputy, he was, he was convicted on, uh, It was like battery under color of authority. It was basically excessive use of force. Did he deviate from any of the use of force criteria? No. No. He did his job is what he did. And here's the thing is he was giving verbal commands. He tried to take down first.

And he just, he just lost that case. He was convicted of the officer. Yeah. The deputy, he was, he was convicted on, uh, It was like battery under color of authority. It was basically excessive use of force. Did he deviate from any of the use of force criteria? No. No. He did his job is what he did. And here's the thing is he was giving verbal commands. He tried to take down first.

And he just, he just lost that case. He was convicted of the officer. Yeah. The deputy, he was, he was convicted on, uh, It was like battery under color of authority. It was basically excessive use of force. Did he deviate from any of the use of force criteria? No. No. He did his job is what he did. And here's the thing is he was giving verbal commands. He tried to take down first.

Hey, stop fighting, stop fighting. She keeps going. And if I remember correctly, he told her, if you don't stop, I'm going to hit you in the face. And he never did. He actually used a lower level of force, which is pepper spray. It hurts, but it's not going to break a jaw. It's not going to bust a nose. It's just uncomfortable. And use that instead of actually physically striking this woman.

Hey, stop fighting, stop fighting. She keeps going. And if I remember correctly, he told her, if you don't stop, I'm going to hit you in the face. And he never did. He actually used a lower level of force, which is pepper spray. It hurts, but it's not going to break a jaw. It's not going to bust a nose. It's just uncomfortable. And use that instead of actually physically striking this woman.

Hey, stop fighting, stop fighting. She keeps going. And if I remember correctly, he told her, if you don't stop, I'm going to hit you in the face. And he never did. He actually used a lower level of force, which is pepper spray. It hurts, but it's not going to break a jaw. It's not going to bust a nose. It's just uncomfortable. And use that instead of actually physically striking this woman.

And he just got convicted, and that carries, I want to say the maximum is 10 years in federal prison. Really? This dude's got a wife, two kids. So that's kind of the struggle that L.A. County is dealing with. And LAPD's got the same issues. The problem is, you know, it's the climate that they're forcing these cops to work down there. I mean, if you work a predominantly black neighborhood—

And he just got convicted, and that carries, I want to say the maximum is 10 years in federal prison. Really? This dude's got a wife, two kids. So that's kind of the struggle that L.A. County is dealing with. And LAPD's got the same issues. The problem is, you know, it's the climate that they're forcing these cops to work down there. I mean, if you work a predominantly black neighborhood—

And he just got convicted, and that carries, I want to say the maximum is 10 years in federal prison. Really? This dude's got a wife, two kids. So that's kind of the struggle that L.A. County is dealing with. And LAPD's got the same issues. The problem is, you know, it's the climate that they're forcing these cops to work down there. I mean, if you work a predominantly black neighborhood—

well, why aren't your stats for, you know, force or arrest or whatever? Why don't you arrest more white people? Cause you got me working in a predominantly black neighborhood. That's kind of what's going to happen. Right. So yeah, sheriff didn't like the optics on that one. Sheriff didn't like the optics on another one where, uh,

well, why aren't your stats for, you know, force or arrest or whatever? Why don't you arrest more white people? Cause you got me working in a predominantly black neighborhood. That's kind of what's going to happen. Right. So yeah, sheriff didn't like the optics on that one. Sheriff didn't like the optics on another one where, uh,

well, why aren't your stats for, you know, force or arrest or whatever? Why don't you arrest more white people? Cause you got me working in a predominantly black neighborhood. That's kind of what's going to happen. Right. So yeah, sheriff didn't like the optics on that one. Sheriff didn't like the optics on another one where, uh,

Deputy's pulled over a car, middle of the night, no front headlights, and there's two or three female blacks in the car, and they've got their kids in there with no seatbelt, and the driver's drunk. So, and might have been all three were drunk, but... deputies go to take the kids, like, hey, your kids are going to be going with DCFS now.

Deputy's pulled over a car, middle of the night, no front headlights, and there's two or three female blacks in the car, and they've got their kids in there with no seatbelt, and the driver's drunk. So, and might have been all three were drunk, but... deputies go to take the kids, like, hey, your kids are going to be going with DCFS now.

Deputy's pulled over a car, middle of the night, no front headlights, and there's two or three female blacks in the car, and they've got their kids in there with no seatbelt, and the driver's drunk. So, and might have been all three were drunk, but... deputies go to take the kids, like, hey, your kids are going to be going with DCFS now.

And as they're trying to get one of the kiddos out of this lady's hands, she's got this kid in almost like a headlock kind of thing. So it becomes a rescue force type situation. Deputy reaches over, clocks her in the face, and she lets go of the kid. And the kid's fine. And the woman's fine. She just got tagged real quick. Didn't like that one. So he ended up losing his job over that.

And as they're trying to get one of the kiddos out of this lady's hands, she's got this kid in almost like a headlock kind of thing. So it becomes a rescue force type situation. Deputy reaches over, clocks her in the face, and she lets go of the kid. And the kid's fine. And the woman's fine. She just got tagged real quick. Didn't like that one. So he ended up losing his job over that.

And as they're trying to get one of the kiddos out of this lady's hands, she's got this kid in almost like a headlock kind of thing. So it becomes a rescue force type situation. Deputy reaches over, clocks her in the face, and she lets go of the kid. And the kid's fine. And the woman's fine. She just got tagged real quick. Didn't like that one. So he ended up losing his job over that.

And then you get this issue where it's like, I guess we're not going to do our jobs. Like we're going to do our jobs, but how do you expect cops to do their jobs down there? If you're going to be, you know, hanging them out to dry for every, every use of force. It's a tough balance. It is. It is. And the problem is like, obviously there's bad cops.