Activists call out LA County supervisors for $4 million in settlements, spike in jail deaths

Advocates called out the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday for failing to hold the Sheriff’s Department accountable for alleged excessive force incidents that led to the payout of $4 million in settlements this week and for a spike of 16 in-custody deaths within the department’s jails so far this year.

JusticeLA, a coalition of justice reform advocates, rallied outside the Hall of Administration to highlight the settlements and the county’s lack of progress on closing Men’s Central Jail...