Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva talks with reporters as his wife, Vivian, looks at him during an election night gathering in East L.A. on primary night. That November on election night, Alex Villanueva became Los Angeles County sheriff after he beat Jim McDonnell — the first time a challenger had defeated a living incumbent in over a century. Los …
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials attempted to cover up an incident in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes because they feared the “negative light” it could shed on the department, according to internal records reviewed by The Times. The independent watchdog for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating allegations Sheriff …
It didn’t take long for Los Angeles County’s controversial and frequently bombastic sheriff, Alex Villanueva, to lay his hands on a proverbial third rail. He mentioned slavery, redlining, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Ku Klux Klan and “so much trauma from way back when to the present time” that explained the Black community’s sustained distrust of law enforcement. “For every one …
It turned out that Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva wanted to talk about a whole lot more than homelessness. 47, the “woke left,” his feelings about mask mandates and vaccinations, the debate over sheriff “gangs” versus “cliques,” and his plan to issue more permits to carry a concealed weapon. “I rarely get the undivided attention of L.A. Times reporters,” …
