Newly-released video shows the moments leading up to a deputy seen slamming a woman to the ground at a Lancaster grocery store.
The confrontation happened on June 24 when deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of an in-progress robbery at a WinCo Foods store located at 740 W. Ave. K 4.
Body cam footage shows officers confronting the woman in the grocery store’s parking lot in an incident that some are calling an unjustified use of force. After viewing video of the arrest, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna called the incident “disturbing.”
An attorney representing the deputy involved said new security footage of the moments leading up to incident not only provides more context of the arrest, but justifies the actions taken by the deputy.
KTLA's John Fenoglio reports on July 19, 2023.
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