Veteran cop Frank Hernandez was charged with one count of assault under color of authority in connection with the April incident.
A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with assault in connection with a video that shows him repeatedly punching an unarmed homeless man in Boyle Heights, authorities said Tuesday.
Frank Hernandez, who has been with the LAPD for more than 20 years, was charged with one count of assault under color of authority in connection with the April 27 incident. “This is a disturbing case of the illegal use of force at the hands of a police officer,” Lacey said in a statement. “In this case, we believe the force was neither legally necessary nor reasonable.”
Hernandez and his partner were responding to a trespassing call in the 2400 block of Houston Street when they confronted a homeless man who had set up a tent in a lot adjacent to a local church. Cellphone video of the incident shows the officer throwing more than a dozen punches at the man’s head and body. The man does not appear to be armed or resisting, at one point stumbling away from Hernandez.
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