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    LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva reinstates a second deputy fired for misconduct

    by Maya Lau, Los Angeles Times Apr 04, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The deputy charged onto the scene and kicked the door of a truck, threatening to shoot the man inside. After yanking the man onto the ground, the lawman punched him several times in his back and shoulders as other officers wrangled the suspect onto his stomach and into handcuffs, according to law enforcement reports.

    The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department fired the deputy, Michael Courtial, last June, concluding he used unreasonable force and failed to use de-escalation techniques in the 2016 incident in Lancaster.

    Now, Courtial has been newly granted a badge and gun after Sheriff Alex Villanueva reinstated him as a deputy during his first few months in

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