Despite Video Evidence, Ex La Mesa Cop Charged with Lying In a Police Report About the Arrest of a Black Man That Went Viral Acquitted by Jury
An El Cajon jury acquitted a former La Mesa police officer of charges that he filed a false report after a controversial arrest of a young Black man in 2020. The jury deliberated only one day before returning with the not-guilty verdict on Friday, Dec. 10,. While the ex-cop’s lawyers say that he is feeling…