The parents of a man who died by suicide after being held inside an LA County jail said Thursday that they recently obtained documents and video recordings -- that they say show deputies failed to check on their son and other inmates while the deputies were watching internet videos and eating.
Timestamps on the September 22, 2023 video recordings, produced by the LA County Sheriff's Department in response to the family's legal demands in federal court, show the video-watching and meal took place around the time 22-year-old Maxwell Aguirre attempted to hang himself inside his cell, which the deputies were supposed to be monitoring.
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“They were watching YouTube, they were, 'celebrating,' they were eating Chick-fil-A,”