COMPTON – The case of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy charged with unlawfully using a Taser stun gun on someone who had been detained for shoplifting in Compton was dismissed Monday.
Hiraudi Lopez-Romero, 30, was charged last year with one felony count of assault under color of authority.
The case was dismissed at what was scheduled as a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, a court clerk said.
On Dec. 14, 2020, Lopez-Romero responded to a possible shoplifting call near the Blue Line train station in Compton. A man was detained, and when he allegedly resisted going into a deputy’s car, he was pepper-sprayed, according to prosecutors.
The man, who was handcuffed, was kicking inside the vehicle as he was being transported to a hospital to be treated, decontaminated and cleared for booking. While en route to the hospital, he allegedly shattered one of the windows with his feet.
The deputy was accused of stopping and exiting the vehicle, then using a Taser on the handcuffed man while he was detained in the back seat of the vehicle.
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Warranted… you can’t just do whatever you want and damage property and think you should just get away with it.. obviously this generation was never taught consequencial thinking, so when cause and effect come into play they are shocked and outraged that their choices actually came with consequences. This isn’t your mommy’s house no more. This is life.