{"id":103606,"date":"2021-08-31T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T22:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=103606"},"modified":"2021-08-31T17:54:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T00:54:18","slug":"use-of-force-investigation-launched-after-video-shows-palmdale-deputies-restraining-punching-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/08\/31\/use-of-force-investigation-launched-after-video-shows-palmdale-deputies-restraining-punching-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Use of force investigation launched after video shows Palmdale deputies restraining, punching man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_103607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103607\" style=\"width: 1743px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103607\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1743\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale.jpg 1743w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screenshots-Use-of-Force-incident-Palmdale-1536x843.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1743px) 100vw, 1743px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Sceenshots from Facebook video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/richtheghxd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted by Richard Ma\u011fuire<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station has confirmed it will launch an objective use of force investigation after a video circulated on social media showing deputies restraining and apparently punching a man in Palmdale Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened on 35<sup>th<\/sup> Street East and Palmdale Boulevard, behind Midway Market Liquor, according to the person who posted the video.<\/p>\n<p>The video [see below] begins with deputies reaching into the driver\u2019s side of a grey vehicle, as one of the deputies appears to repeatedly punch into the vehicle. The video then cuts to several deputies piled onto a person on the ground. The video eventually cuts again to a partially clothed man being carried away by three deputies.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1203733125\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station officials did not respond to a request from <em>The AV Times<\/em> to clarify the circumstances surrounding the video.<\/p>\n<p>However, a message posted Tuesday to the Palmdale Sheriff Station&#8217;s Facebook page states: \u201cOn August 28, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m., deputies assigned to Palmdale Station were conducting a driving under the influence investigation when a use of force ensued. Due to the active investigation, we are unable to offer further comment at this time. The use of force will be subject of a full, complete, thorough, and objective investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man in the video was identified by family members as 35-year-old<strong> Samuel Chavez Reyes<\/strong>. He was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, and booked into the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station jail at 11:30 p.m., according to LASD inmate records.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez Reyes was charged Tuesday with two misdemeanor counts of resisting an executive officer in connection with Saturday\u2019s arrest, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office. No other charges were filed against Chavez Reyes as of Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Community activists condemned the deputies\u2019 actions and called on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to remove them from duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputies involved in this incident are a threat to the safety and security of our community,\u201d said Dr. Miguel S. Coronado, Chairman of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station Community Advisory Committee. \u201cThis criminal behavior will continue to occur as long as qualified immunity protects rogue deputies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevertheless, it\u2019s utterly important not to paint every deputy as a criminal,\u201d Coronado added.<\/p>\n<p>Coronado is assisting the Spanish-speaking family with securing legal representation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE<\/span>: Samuel Chavez Reyes pleaded not guilty Tuesday, Aug. 31, to two misdemeanor counts of resisting an executive officer, and he is scheduled to return to court on Sept. 8 for pretrial, according to the District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frichtheghxd%2Fvideos%2F591031461910901%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=267&amp;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station has confirmed it will launch an objective use of force investigation after a video circulated on social media showing deputies restraining and apparently punching a man in Palmdale Saturday afternoon. The incident happened on 35th Street East and Palmdale Boulevard, behind Midway Market Liquor, according to the person who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":103607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}