The suit is related to the the agency's handling of a video that shows a deputy kneeling on a handcuffed inmate's head for three minutes.
A sheriff's department commander filed a damages claim against Los Angeles County today alleging he and others faced retaliation
In his legal claim, Cmdr. Allen Castellano contends that Villanueva and at least three other agency executives saw the video within days of the incident, and the sheriff said he would"handle the matter," noting that the department did"not need bad media at this time." Security video of the altercation shows Johnson keeping his knee on Escalante's head for three minutes after he was handcuffed and did not appear to be resisting.
The sheriff conceded that an internal criminal investigation should have been started immediately after the incident, concurrent with an administrative probe, but it didn't happen -- something he blamed on errors in judgment by others in the department.
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