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Judges and Judiciary

Nov. 26, 2013

Judge files complaint with UCLA police over alleged mistreatment during traffic stop

David S. Cunningham III, a former LAPD comissioner who now presides over a family law courtroom at Stanley Mosk Courthouse, said the officers shoved him against a patrol car, handcuffed him and threw him in the backseat of the vehicle.

By Henry Meier
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge filed a formal complaint with the UCLA Police Department alleging two officers used excessive force after pulling him over for a traffic violation Saturday morning. David S. Cunningham III, a former Los Angeles Police Department commissioner who now presides over a family law courtroom at Stanley Mosk Courthouse, said the officers shoved him against a patrol car, handcuffed him and threw him...

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