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ACLU/SC's legal director Peter Eliasbery said he "bears ultimate responsibility for the horrific details we uncovered....and must step down. Deputy-on-inmate- abuse has reached levels we've never seen before."
Chaplains, other civilian employees, and hundreds of prisoners are telling ugly truths about "unprovoked, excessive force and abuse against inmates, many of whom are not resisting."
Describing a beating he witnessed, Chaplain Paulino Juarez said:
"To this day, recalling the beating brings tears to my eyes, and I cannot finish talking about it without taking a few moments to compose myself."
Chaplain Doe described another one, saying:
"I was so shocked that despite the deputies seeing me watch them beat up an inmate, they continued to kick and beat him. It was like they didn't even care that there was a witness."
Former FBI official Thomas Parker said:
"The voluminous evidence I have reviewed cries out for an independent, far-reaching, and in-depth investigation by the Federal Government."
The ACLU/SC said:
"To be an inmate in the Los Angeles County jails is to fear attacks."
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