A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who lives in Corona pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 17, to assaulting a transgender man in the parking lot of a Whittier convenience store who allegedly ...

Joseph Benza III, 36, was charged last month with one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for the February 2023 confrontation. Benza entered his plea in L.A. federal court to ...

The Los Angeles Times reported last week that former deputy Joseph Benza III and seven others in the department have all been relieved of duty, according to six anonymous sources within the sheriff’s ...

Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. Joseph Benza III, 36, pleaded guilty in December to one felony count of deprivation of rights for an ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy, Joseph Benza III, pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge on Friday. He assaulted a transgender man, Emmett Brock, who exercised his First ...

(CNN) — After a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy agreed to plead guilty to a federal civil rights violation for using excessive force on a transgender man, who was arrested in 2023 under ...

This story contains descriptions of police violence against a transgender person. Eight members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD), including multiple sergeants, have reportedly been ...