From: LA Times
By: James Queally
Excerpt:
An L.A. County sheriff’s deputy will avoid jail time in the 2021 shooting death of a suicidal man under the terms of a plea deal reached with prosecutors Tuesday morning.
Remin Pineda will be placed on two years of probation and must give up his right to be a police officer in California after pleading no contest to one count of assault with a firearm and one count of assault under color of authority, prosecutors said[...]
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RLS Senior Associate Attorney Steven Alvarado, who represented the deputy, acknowledged the shared tragedy of the case:
“There are no winners in this case,” he said. “I am empathetic to the family members that are here today.”
