Stabbing victim’s lawsuit can go to trial, appeals court rules, rejecting position that Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is shielded from liability for racial violence in prisons he oversees.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca isn’t shielded from liability for racial gang violence in the jails he supervises, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in sending a stabbing victim’s lawsuit to trial.
L.A. Times – California | Local News
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