More than a year after he was beaten and jailed by a Los Angeles police officer, transgender man Emmett Brock has been declared “factually innocent” of all charges against him, as his own ...

10:05 p.m. Dec. 18, 2024: An earlier version of this story said the deputy’s assault on Emmett Brock occurred in 2022. It happened in 2023. Nearly two years after he was caught on camera beating ...

He assaulted a transgender man, Emmett Brock, who exercised his First Amendment rights by making an obscene hand gesture while driving. The incident occurred on February 10, 2023. Benza, stationed in ...