LA sheriff concerned after deputies detain Black teens

12/8/2020 13:02

        The Los Angeles County sheriff said Monday he is ordering a review of tactics deputies used to detain three teenagers at gunpoint after the mother of one said the youths had been threatened by a man holding a knife.
        
        Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a social media post that he had seen a video of the incident — which was uploaded by one of the teens' mothers to her Instagram profile last week — and that the matter is being investigated.
        
        Villanueva is ordering a "thorough" review of the incident and an in-depth review of the Sheriff Department's patrol rifle deployment policy and training after video showed one deputy holding an AR-15 rifle, according to tweets from the Sheriff's Department.
        
        
        CBS Los Angeles reported that the trio were teenagers. Deputy Juanita Navarro, a spokeswoman for the department, said the youths were not arrested during the incident Friday and had been released at the scene.