The decision not to prosecute comes 9 months after the county agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit over Briceno's death inside his family’s Maywood home.
Christopher Hernandez and his former partner, Miguel Vega, were both charged in federal court earlier this year on a five-count indictment. Vega is still headed for trial in October.
The FBI has opened criminal investigations into violent encounters involving Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. In one, a deputy punched a woman twice in the face as she held her
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