Video Shows L.A. Probation Officers Brutally Beating Teenager In Detention Center

As Los Angeles County reforms the largest juvenile justice system in the country, a new, damning video shows that the culture of abuse within that system remains intact. In surveillance footage leaked by whistleblowers inside a detention center, four probation officers are seen pummeling a teenager in a holding room.

The silent video, recorded at L.A. County’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, shows the teen exchanging words with several officers standing in the room. All of a sudden, three officers lunge in his direction, slam him on a concrete cot, pile on top of him, and beat him. At one point, a fourth officer enters the room and joins in the beating, and moments later a supervisor comes in to watch.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/19/3790185/probation-officers-beat-los-angeles-teenager/