A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of excessive force in a 2023 incident involving a man and woman outside of a grocery store.
The incident happened in June of 2023 in the city of Lancaster.
Deputies were called out to a Winco grocery store for reports of a robbery involving a man and woman.
Body cam video shows the 32-year-old deputy, Trevor Kirk, assault and pepper spray a woman who was recording him.
A federal judge will sentence Kirk in April.
The FBI investigated this case, with the help of the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
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