{"id":28145,"date":"2016-11-28T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T20:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28145"},"modified":"2016-11-28T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T21:29:26","slug":"sheriff-deputies-sent-prison-beating-mentally-ill-inmate-covering-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28145","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff Deputies Sent to Prison for Beating Mentally Ill Inmate, Covering Up Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"trb_ar_h\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_hl\">\n<h1 class=\"trb_ar_hl_t\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">L.A. sheriff&#8217;s deputies sentenced to prison for beating a mentally ill inmate and covering up the attack<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_main\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"trb_ar_la\">\n<aside class=\"trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"91988814\" data-content-size=\"leadart\" data-content-type=\"image\" data-content-slug=\"la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\" data-content-subtype=\"photo\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer\" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<figure class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_img\" title=\"Twin Towers Correctional Facility\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1260px) 750px, (min-width: 1060px) calc(100vw - 559px), (min-width: 840px) calc(100vw - 419px), (min-width: 800px) 800px, 100.1vw\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/350\/350x197 350w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/400\/400x225 400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/450\/450x253 450w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/500\/500x281 500w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/550\/550x309 550w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/600\/600x338 600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/650\/650x366 650w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/700\/700x394 700w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/750\/750x422 750w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/800\/800x450 800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/850\/850x478 850w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/900\/900x506 900w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/950\/950x534 950w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1000\/1000x563 1000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1050\/1050x591 1050w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1100\/1100x619 1100w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1150\/1150x647 1150w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1200\/1200x675 1200w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1400\/1400x788 1400w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1600\/1600x900 1600w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/1800\/1800x1013 1800w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/2000\/2000x1125 2000w, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\/2048\/2048x1152 2048w\" alt=\"Twin Towers Correctional Facility\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-583c3f94\/turbine\/la-sakamal-1480343471-snap-photo\" data-c-nd=\"2048x1152\" data-role=\"imgsize_srcsetdisplayitem\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related_credit_and_caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department Twin Towers Correctional Facility in 2015. (Lawrence K. Ho \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\">\n<figure class=\"trb_ar_by_i_f\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"trb_ar_by_i\" title=\"Alene Tchekmedyian\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-563c0dd8\/turbine\/tn-bio-alene-tchekmedyian\/70\/70x70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-563c0dd8\/turbine\/tn-bio-alene-tchekmedyian\/140\/140x140 2x, http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-563c0dd8\/turbine\/tn-bio-alene-tchekmedyian\/210\/210x210 3x\" alt=\"Alene Tchekmedyian\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au\" data-byline-withoutby=\"\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_au_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/tn-bio-alene-tchekmedyian-staff.html#nt=byline\">Alene Tchekmedyian<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\"><span class=\"trb_ar_by_nm_pm\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"trb_ar_by_cl\" href=\"mailto:alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com?subject=Regarding:%20%22L.A.%20sheriff%27s%20deputies%20sentenced%20to%20prison%20for%20beating%20a%20mentally%20ill%20inmate%20and%20covering%20up%20the%20attack%22\" data-role=\"sc_sEmail\">Contact Reporter<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\"><strong>(Nov. 28, 2016)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Two former Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies were sentenced to federal prison Monday for beating a mentally ill inmate and falsifying reports to cover up the attack, the latest department officials to face imprisonment in connection with the county\u2019s jail abuse scandal.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"trb_ar_by\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Bryan\u00a0Brunsting, 31, was ordered to spend 21 months in custody and Jason Branum, 35, was given five months, but U.S. District Judge George Wu ordered that they could remain free pending their appeals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Their case revolved around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-jail-beating-trial-20160516-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">allegations made by a former recruit<\/a> who said\u00a0he was only days on the job\u00a0at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility on March 10, 2010, when he was summoned by his training officer, Brunsting, and told that an inmate had left his cell without permission and mouthed off to jail staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to teach him a lesson,\u201d Joshua Sather recalled Brunsting telling him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sather, who had graduated from the academy at the top of his class,\u00a0testified he\u00a0tackled the inmate\u00a0and\u00a0punched him several times but then stopped because he wasn&#8217;t resisting.\u00a0Other deputies then set upon the inmate with a barrage of kicks and blows. The inmate, Sather said, lay curled up on the ground throughout, screaming and crying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Prosecutors alleged that the inmate, Philip Jones, was attacked in a locked hallway of the jail that lacked surveillance cameras. They told jurors he was\u00a0kicked in the genitals, punched and pepper-sprayed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When they were done, Sather testified, the deputies gathered privately to concoct a justification for the beating that they gave sheriff\u2019s officials in falsified reports. Sather resigned from the department soon afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the\u00a0trial, attorneys for Brunsting and Branum argued that Sather was an untrustworthy, biased witness, who gave inconsistent accounts of the incident over the years in an attempt to avoid coming into\u00a0the cross-hairs of prosecutors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jurors took only 90 minutes to reject the defense argument. Brunsting and Branum were convicted\u00a0of conspiracy to violate an inmate&#8217;s\u00a0civil rights, depriving him of his civil rights under color of authority and falsifying records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In a sentencing memo, federal prosecutors said Brunsting used excessive force during another incident in which he choked out an inmate in August 2009 and then wrote a false report under the name of a deputy he was training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Brunsting had been expected to face trial on additional civil rights charges in connection with that incident, but prosecutors dropped the charges in exchange for Brunsting agreeing to allow the judge to consider the conduct when he is sentenced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Brunsting, prosecutors wrote, \u201cpreyed on those inmates he was supposed to protect, including inmates with mental health issues&#8230;[He] has tarnished not only his badge with the Sheriff\u2019s Department, but also the badges of every law enforcement officer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In another filing, prosecutors accused Branum of\u00a0instigating the attack on Jones, saying he should serve three years behind bars. They wrote that Branum\u2019s\u00a0actions showed he \u201cbelieved he was above the law&#8221; and said he had shown no remorse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>(RELATED STORY ON EX-SHERIFF BACA)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_embed\" data-content-id=\"91947917\" data-content-size=\"small\" data-content-type=\"story\" data-content-slug=\"la-me-baca-expert-20161121\" data-content-subtype=\"story\" data-role=\"sc_item imgsize_ratiosizecontainer \" data-state=\"\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<figure class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_figure\" data-role=\"imgsize_item\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trb_embed_imageContainer_img\" title=\"Ex-Sheriff Baca wants doctor who specializes in mental illnesses to testify in his corruption trial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-58353ae9\/turbine\/la-me-baca-expert-20161121\/400\/400x225\" alt=\"Ex-Sheriff Baca wants doctor who specializes in mental illnesses to testify in his corruption trial\" data-baseurl=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-58353ae9\/turbine\/la-me-baca-expert-20161121\" data-c-nd=\"2048x1332\" data-ratio=\"16x9\" data-width=\"400\" data-height=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\n<div class=\"trb_embed_related\" data-role=\"lightbox_metadata\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"trb_embed_media_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-baca-expert-20161121-story.html\"><span class=\"trb_embed_related_title\">Ex-Sheriff Baca wants doctor who specializes in mental illnesses to testify in his corruption trial<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Branum\u2019s attorney, Donald M. R\u00e9, noted in a filing that his client had served in the U.S. Army in Iraq, where he was credited with ordering a squad he was leading not to fire at Iraqi civilians who had ignored a curfew in Samarra and were officially subject to the rules of engagement. One of Branum\u2019s former colleagues wrote in a letter filed with the court that Branum ordered his soldiers to instead help the Iraqi civilians return home safely, saving \u201ccountless innocent Iraqi lives on that one day alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">R\u00e9, who argued that Branum should receive probation,\u00a0filed dozens of letters in support of his client, including some from veterans who served alongside him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cJason Branum is a war hero who is highly respected by the members of the military who served with him, some of whom credit him with saving their lives,\u201d\u00a0R\u00e9 wrote. \u201cWhile engaged in combat situations, he also risked his own life not only to save members of his own unit but to assist local civilians, despite the authority to engage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Brunsting\u2019s attorney,\u00a0Richard Hirsch, described his client as a hardworking and deeply devoted new father who supported himself through school before pursuing his dream of working in law enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During his nine-year career, Brunsting recalled volunteering\u00a0roughly 300 hours to work undercover vice operations\u00a0and was hand-selected to transport inmates across the country in extraditions, Hirsch wrote in a court filing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Hirsch, who requested a prison sentence of no more than two years, attached to the filing 31 letters from Brunsting\u2019s family members and coworkers, including one from a licensed clinical social worker who described him as \u201ccompassionate and understanding\u201d when dealing with the mentally ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt was always my experience that Deputy Brunsting took mental health seriously and advocated for treatment for my clients,\u201d wrote Felicia Hall, who worked with Brunsting at the jail for four years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Even so, Hirsch argued that Brunsting, who was selected to serve as a training officer within two years of joining the department at 22 years old, was not properly trained\u00a0on how to deal with problems that arise from housing mentally ill inmates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Both defendants engaged in a vicious, premeditated assault on an inmate,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker in a press release. \u201cDeputy Brunsting\u2019s conduct was even more egregious given that he was involved in the abuse of a second inmate, and he was training new deputies on how to violate inmates\u2019 civil rights and get away with it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adding, &#8220;These defendants tarnished all law enforcement with their conduct, undermining the outstanding work by the vast majority of officers in the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department and the nation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_embed\" data-content-size=\"large\" data-content-type=\"blurb\">\n<div id=\"trb_em_b_90893636\" class=\"trb_embed_blurb\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-load-type=\"commentFrame\" data-frame-width=\"100%\" data-frame-height=\"100%\" data-frame-class=\"trb_em_b_if\" data-frame-scroll=\"no\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L.A. sheriff&#8217;s deputies sentenced to prison for beating a mentally ill inmate and covering up the attack The Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department Twin Towers Correctional Facility in 2015. 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