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Aug. 1, 2025

Victim fights DOJ effort to drop charges against ex-deputy convicted of excessive force

In a scathing legal filing, her attorney accuses federal prosecutors of abandoning their duty to victims and shielding law enforcement from accountability. The objection challenges the Justice Department's use of prosecutorial discretion and urges the court to preserve the jury's verdict.

A senior citizen violently thrown to the ground by a sheriff's deputy in a widely publicized 2023 incident is challenging the U.S. government's bid to drop all charges against the convicted officer, accusing prosecutors of protecting "the bad guys" and abandoning victims of police abuse.

Santa Monica attorney Caree Harper filed an objection Wednesday to Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Keenan's request to dismiss charges against former deputy Trevor Kirk, wh...

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