‘You Pulled Over the Wrong Person,’ Gascón’s Chief of Staff Told Arresting Officer

Joseph Iniguez was a passenger in a car pulled over in Azusa in 2021. He was arrested but later sued and settled for $10,000.

Joseph Iniguez, chief of staff to LA County District Attorney George Gascón, attends a summit on county jail facilities in Pasadena, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2019. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Patrisse Cullors

Videos released June 25 by police show Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s chief of staff warning officers they had “pulled over the wrong person” during a traffic stop.

Joseph Iniguez, 37, was a passenger in a Tesla when officers pulled it over in Azusa, about 20 miles east of Glendale, before midnight Dec. 11, 2021, after suspecting the driver was under the influence of alcohol.