The Culture Of Depravity At The LAPD

Hello worldwide audience. This is a Los Angeles Police Department Critical Incident Community Briefing released by the LAPD regarding a use of force incident that occurred in Boyle Heights, California USA on April 27, 2020. The incident in question is of 49 nine year old LAPD Officer Frank Hernandez of the Hollenbeck Community Police Station violently beating up civilian Richard Castillo repeatedly punching him in the head and body and improperly urging his partner to tase Mr. Castillo in an attempted act of retaliation for Mr. Castillo verbally challenging the officer. And all of this was done to Mr. Castillo even though he had complied with Officer Hernandez’ order to put his hands behind his back. I also noticed that there was a strategic call for "backup" even though Mr. Castillo, other than mouthing off, posed no threat. 

At first it appears that the LAPD was being transparent by releasing this Critical Incident Community Briefing which includes video footage from three different sources (i.e., the body cam of Officer Hernandez, the body cam of his partner and cell phone video footage of a civilian). However, the evidence in the civilian cell phone video footage is the catalyst in this matter that forced the LAPD to release this Critical Incident Community Briefing after that video footage was released into the public domain and the public descended on the LAPD. In a defensive tactic in an attempt to legally justify the beating, Officer Hernandez claimed, through his attorney, that Mr. Castillo had punched him in the chest but none of the video footage supports that claim. My guess is that Officer Hernandez was unaware that his convenient twist on the facts (a very common tactic used by dishonest police officers) would be quashed by a civilian video.

LAPD Officer Frank Hernandez is eerily similar to my recently retired LAPD brother. The similarities are uncanny… both named Frank, both 20 year veterans of the LAPD, both Hispanic, both exercising poor judgement, both strategically dishonest, both loose canons with explosive tempers, both vengeful and both freely using the badge and extreme profanity for intimidation. 

Something is very wrong at the LAPD. Has anything markedly changed since events like the Rodney King beating, the Rampart scandal and the ensuing Consent Decree? As the sister of an LAPD officer who had 20 years on the force I have witnessed and experienced some very ugly things and I have a lot to say about it. And apparently my sentiments about corruption in law enforcement are shared by the entire world. Something LAPD Sgt. Joel Sydanmaa ignorantly likes to call "a trend against the police."

And may final word is that I am in no way against the police; I am against wrongdoing and corruption.

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