Controversial Video Exposes Violent Arrest of Trans Man by LASD Deputy

Surveillance video from February shows a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy throwing a transgender man to the ground during a traffic stop allegedly over an air freshener. The video captures the deputy slamming the man to the pavement, punching him in the head multiple times, and subsequently charging him with mayhem, causing serious injury to a deputy, resisting arrest, and failing to obey a lawful order. The man's lawyer plans to prove that the incident was retaliatory and not related to the air freshener. This incident adds to the criticism the LASD has faced for other use of force incidents, and the department is currently investigating the allegations brought forward by the man and his attorney.