New Beating Allegations Against LAPD Under Investigation [View All]

Witnesses Say Small Homeless Woman Was 'Brutalized' By Four Officers

An internal Los Angeles Police Department investigation was under way Wednesday following allegations that four LAPD officers punched and kicked a small homeless woman, dousing her in pepper spray and then carrying her hog-tied to a police car.

Peter White of the Los Angeles Community Action Network, a group that monitors the LAPD, said the occurred around 2 p.m. Sunday in downtown Los Angeles.

He said the officers "brutalized a woman for about 10 minutes near the corner of Sixth and Stanford streets," just a few blocks from LAPD headquarters.

Sgt. James Canales of the Central Station confirmed that an incident occurred that was being investigated, but provided no details.

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