Federal judge reduces charge against L.A. deputy convicted of excessive force to misdemeanor

"In June 2023, Kirk was responding to a reported robbery when he threw Houseton to the ground and pepper-sprayed her in the face while she filmed him outside a Lancaster WinCo. Houseton matched a dispatcher’s description of a female suspect, but she was not armed or committing a crime at the time Kirk first confronted her, court records show."

"In a sentencing recommendation obtained by The Times, Sheriff Robert Luna asked Wilson to sentence Kirk to probation, blaming his actions that day on poor training, stemming from the fact that the Sheriff’s Department had not properly followed reforms ordered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division."

Your honor, I didn't know I couldn't do that /s