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2024-01-21 05:23:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BE153BCFE8779449E1EF736FBFBFAFE2E066B52D080882E3C4327DF86481EC97
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This happened in 2020 and the officer was already sentenced for this: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-18/lapd-officer-pleads-no-contest-in-videotaped-beating-of-homeless-man This is important context given the current distorted public perception of police violence. https://manhattan.institute/article/perceptions-are-not-reality-what-americans-get-wrong-about-police-violence
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