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 ...

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 ...

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 ...