LA Inspector General Recommends Regulating Pointing Guns at Unarmed People

A firearm belonging to a deputy at the Orange County Sheriff's Department Law Enforcment Shooting Range in Orange, Calif., on March 30, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A Los Angeles County Inspector General’s report published on Sept. 10 recommended that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) regulate the practice of pointing firearms at unarmed people after an investigation into an incident in which firearms were drawn on three teenagers.

In August 2020, the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s station responded to a call about a potential fight in a parking lot in Santa Clarita. The caller said three teenagers allegedly hit an older man with their skateboards; the Los Angeles Daily News reported that a lawyer for the teens later said the older man attacked them and chased them into traffic.