Police Officer who allegedly took Kobe Bryant-Crash scene photos also involved in excessive force scandal
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Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant, the crash site
A year after Kobe Bryant, Gigi Bryant and seven other people were killed in an helicopter accident, an event occurred inside a county jail involving a deputy called Doug Johnson, who was accused of kneeling for several minutes on the head of a cuffed inmate. The event in March 2021 made national headlines.According to the sheriff, deputy, Douglas Johnson was stripped of his duties last year. Bryant’s wife Vanessa Bryant and Los Angeles County are now involved in a new legal battle in the federal court.
Doug Johnson has reportedly been engaged in a number of scandals, including being one of the deputies suspected of photographing Kobe’s remains at the crash site. Photos were then reportedly shared to individuals in locations like pubs and bars without their permission. Vanessa Bryant filed a lawsuit against the county in September 2020, claiming sheriff and fire department employees of inappropriately photographing and distributing human remains from the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe and his daughter, Gigi.
Controversies linked to the untimely death of the great Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among the nine people that was killed when a helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020. The disaster, which occurred in overcast conditions, had no survivors. Kobe Bryant is a five-time NBA champion who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers and is widely regarded as one of the league’s greatest players. Celebrities, politicians, and other athletes paid tribute to him, and many voiced their shock at his untimely demise. As a tribute to the Black Mamba and his daughter who was a rising basketball star, moments of silence were observed at basketball games across the United States and around the world.
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Vanessa Bryant wants the jury to know that the sheriff’s officer suspected of photographing Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash scene was also engaged in another case involving excessive force, including reportedly knelt on a restrained inmate’s head. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Agency allegedly tried to keep the specifics of the incident from becoming public, fearing it would bring the department into shame.
In the case of the jail encounter, Johnson was shown on camera walking an inmate down a corridor before the man, who was being held on a murder charge, hit him multiple times in the face. Johnson reportedly knelt on the 24-year-old inmate’s head for 3 minutes after gaining control of him and handcuffing him.
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