LA County watchdog blasts sheriff's unit that stopped innocent Latino drivers
by Ben Poston, Maya Lau and Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times
Nov 15, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's inspector general said Thursday that a Sheriff's Department team that pulled over thousands of innocent Latino motorists on the 5 Freeway in search of drugs violated the constitutional rights of drivers and he questioned the reason for the unit's existence.
In a damning verbal report to the department's civilian oversight panel, Max Huntsman said "the initial premise of this drug enforcement team was flawed" and that the unit has lacked adequate supervision.
Sheriff's officials failed to take heed of several federal court rulings that found the deputies
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