{"id":50624,"date":"2022-08-18T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T21:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50624"},"modified":"2022-08-18T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T21:21:46","slug":"lapd-officer-pleads-no-contest-to-on-duty-assault-of-man-sentenced-to-probation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50624","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Officer Pleads No Contest to On Duty Assault of Man, Sentenced to Probation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6360 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/District-Attorney-Los-Angeles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"261\" \/>Los Angeles police officer Frank Hernandez, 51, pleaded no contest Thursday for an on-duty assault of a 28-year-old man two years ago, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u201cWearing a badge does not give an officer the right to use unreasonable and excessive force. When this happens, it erodes trust in the community and can impact our collective safety,\u201d District Attorney Georger Gasc\u00f3n said. \u201cMy office will continue to hold officers accountable when they break the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Hernandez entered his plea to one felony count of assault under color of authority.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> He was immediately sentenced to probation for two years, 80 hours of community service, and one year of anger management classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">On April 27, 2020, Hernandez and his partner responded to a call of a trespasser in a vacant lot in Boyle Heights. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">During a confrontation between police and the victim, Hernandez illegally punched the unarmed man more than a dozen times in the head, neck, and body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhhAnIBsyRc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">MAY 2020 News Report<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Hernandez has been involved in not one, not two, but\u00a0<i>three<\/i> shootings on the job, according to the Los Angeles Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The\u00a0<i>Los Angeles Times<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-05-06\/lapd-officer-involved-in-violent-beating-video-has-been-involved-in-three-prior-fatal-shootings\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that the first shooting occurred in 1999 when Hernandez shot a robbery 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