$13 MILLION TO TWO MALE LAPD OFFICERS ON DISCRIMINATION BEEF

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Back in January of 2017 four LAPD cops responded to a drunk driving incident.  Two of them were Stephen Glick and Alfred Garcia.  Each had a female partner.  They arrested someone at the scene and threw him in the tank.  Some time later he was found to be out of it in the cell and he was shipped to a hospital.  Two days later he filed a suit against the LAPD.  It seems that while he was passed out somebody shaved off his mustache, and drew a Hitler mustache, eyebrows, a penis, and some unkind Spanish words on his face while he was passed out.

The Dept launched an internal investigation.  The male officers were the primary focus of the investigation, despite the fact that they were never alone with the prisoners, because some suit said "this is what guys do, not females."  Officer Glick was wearing a body camera that was never turned off.

Police Chief Charlie Beck (no longer there) recommended the male officers be fired.

The officers were eventually reinstated without ever having to appear before a rights panel but assert they did suffer career issues due to the investigation.  A jury just agreed and awarded the two men $13.1 million dollars.

It is likely the art work was actually done by the ambulance crew.  They have been known to do that.  No officer rode with the prisoner in the ambulance.

The department has declined to comment.  They could appeal the amount of the award.