It’s Jail Time For ‘Tough’ Female Cop Who Fatally Kicked Handcuffed Woman

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A veteran Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Thursday to the maximum of three years behind bars for kicking and shoving a handcuffed woman who later died, with a judge ruling that she will serve 16 months in county jail and the last 20 months of her term will be suspended.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta — who called the case “truly tragic” — gave Mary O’Callaghan credit for already serving more than three months in custody. At her own request, O’Callaghan was taken into custody June 5, immediately after jurors convicted her on a felony count of assault by a public officer.

In court today, the 50-year-old officer’s voice broke as she spoke to Sandra Thomas, the mother of 35-year-old Alesia Thomas. – READ MORE

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