Frazier - Complete Knock LA Correspondence

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Sgt. Michael Frazier

May 27, 2021
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up against institutionalized racism and corruption in the Department. One of the most brave is Sergeant
Frazier… who despite being the victim of racism in the Department and a plaintiff in a whistleblower
claim against the Department… is listed as being a “Gang Affili[ate]” of the 3000 Boys.
What were you thinking?? Sergeant Frazier has to deal with a Department that is trying to destroy him
for whistleblowing and persecuting him because he is Black, and now some news outlet is identifying
him as being “Gang Affiliated” with one of the Deputy gangs that he is fighting against on a daily basis,
on behalf of us all? It’s simply false, and a huge and painful insult to Sergeant Frazier, and to myself.
A total disregard of journalistic ethics and best practices has resulted in a list that has little inherent
value and plays right into Sheriff’s Villanueva’s narrative that the media is spreading false information.
In this case, he is correct, and your gang database, in my opinion, is doing more harm than good. It
contains unvetted, unverified, and blatantly false information and is representing that information as
being responsible and objective journalism.
The purpose of this letter is not to threaten to sue you. I am an old-school, ACLU-type, liberal who
believes that everyone should have the freedom of conscience and freedom of expression to publish
whatever they wish. My concern, however, is that scores (or more) of individuals who are listed on
your website as “Gang Affiliated” have valid claims against you for defamation. And given the fact
this is a heavy, heavy allegation, coupled with a total lack of independent verification or vetting, I fear
that these LASD personnel will likely win in any defamation action against you. I support the work
you folks are doing (with the exception of this irresponsible list), and I would implore you to consider
taking some steps to mitigate the harm that this list is causing. As it stands, it is indisputable that your
website is falsely identifying people as being “Gang Affiliated.” This is troubling in a way that I am
having some difficulty in accurately putting into words.
I’m not demanding you take Sergeant Frazier’s name down… in fact, I believe you have the right to
publish whatever you like, even falsehoods. However, this entire list is fundamentally flawed, not in
concept, but certainly in execution. It’s plainly incorrect. I appreciate Mdme. Castle’s enthusiasm in
pursing this story which has taken over every aspect of my life. However, this does not mitigate the
fact that this enthusiasm, coupled with a total lack of editorial control for purposes of vetting and
corroboration, has steered into recklessness. We can do better than this. Together.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at
[email protected] or at (626) 396-9900.
From a place of caring and authenticity,

ROMERO LAW, APC
Alan Romero
Cc: File
Encl: Frazier Gov’t Claim for Damages
GOVERNMENT CLAIM FORM ATTACHMENT
8 . Describe in detail how damage or injury occurred and list damages.
Claimant heretofore submits the following claim as against the County of Los Angeles (“COLA”).
Claimant is a model Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) Sergeant who has been
employed by LASD since 2007. Claimant possesses a BA in Criminal Justice from the University
of Nevada Las Vegas and an MBA with a specialization in Organizational Leadership from
Woodbury University. Claimant is an accomplished, African American sworn employee of the
Department, who has personally undertaken to reduce Deputy use of force and the influence of
unlawful Deputy cliques in Men’s Central Jail (“MCJ”). Claimant has served as a mentor to
numerous Deputies in the correctional setting, and formerly participated in organized Department
boxing activities. Claimant spent over five years as a patrol Deputy.
In May 2019, Claimant was assigned to MCJ as a newly-minted Sergeant. Based upon his
education, experience, certifications, and trainings, Claimant was uniquely well-suited for a
supervisory position at MCJ. Having previously worked at MCJ from July 2007 to July 2013,
Claimant looked forward to this assignment as a homecoming, as this portion of his career had
come full circle now that he was working at MCJ in a supervisory capacity. However, it distressed
Claimant to learn that he would be provided with little to no training or mentorship upon his
supervisory assignment to MCJ.
Various detention floors at MCJ have developed into environments where Deputies are not held
accountable for out-of-policy uses of force or other misconduct. This lawless culture, particularly
on the 2000 and 3000 floors, has resulted in festering gang-like Deputy activity. This has
metastasized into cancerous outgrowths at patrol stations, particularly in South LA stations where
the 2000 floor feeds many of its violent problem Deputies to (primarily Century Station) and
Compton Station, where the 3000 floor feeds many of its violent problem Deputies to. To the
extent that violent Deputy gangs exist at Century and Compton stations, this culture of impunity
and lawlessness is a natural and unavoidable progression of the cancerous, criminal gang-like
culture long-nurtured and openly tolerated at MCJ.
Upon his assignment to MCJ, Claimant was immediately troubled by a host of problems which
were a function of poor supervision. This lack of supervisory control is a symptom of Deputy
cliques having total control over certain floors, and the 2000 floor that Claimant was assigned to
was notable forcibly for the fact that Deputy “shot-callers” had the delegated authority to “roll up,”
or have sergeants reassigned, in violation of chain of command policies promulgated in the LASD
Manual of Policies and Procedures (“MPP”). Resultantly, during the first three weeks on the 2000
floor, Claimant undertook to implement a fair and impartial supervisory regimen, encountering
severe resistance from Deputies on the floor who refused to accept supervisory authority outside
the framework of their “2000 Floor” Deputy clique and those with a Deputy clique mentality.
During this time, when Claimant was first assigned to the 2000 floor, a 2000 Floor Deputy clique
“shot-caller”, Deputy Estrada (who at the time was assigned to work 3000 floor), visited Claimant
in his Sergeant’s office and informed Claimant matter-of-factly that he did not like Claimant’s
hands-on supervisory style. Deputy Estrada informed Claimant that “there may be a problem with
us working on the same floor,” when he rotated onto the floor during the following cycle. Despite
being assigned to work on 3000 Floor at the time, Deputy Estrada spent most of his time with his
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trainees on 2000 Floor in order to exercise his authority as a “Shot-caller” for the 2000 Floor
Deputy clique. Deputy Estrada was the only Deputy allowed to wear a jacket on the floor, a
demonstration of his position and authority as the “shot-caller” for the 2000 Floor Deputy clique.
Not long after his arrival on the 2000 floor, on June 19, 2019, (Ref. No. #019-02637-5100-058)
Claimant was the investigating Sergeant with respect to a use of force incident involving 13
individuals (both “primaries” and witnesses). Due to Claimant’s attempts to hold the Deputies
involved accountable for the circumstances leading up to the force incident, the 2000 Floor Deputy
clique exercised influence and control over personnel management on the floor to have Claimant
transferred off the 2000 floor. In the avoidance of doubt, this was an unlawful exercise of
command authority by the 2000 floor clique and enablers within the LASD command structure
that permitted the group’s “shot-callers,” who were subordinates, to have Claimant reassigned,
even though he was the supervisor of the “shot-caller” who orchestrated Claimant’s involuntary
transfer. On August 31, 2019, Claimant was thus involuntarily reassigned from the 2000 floor.
Prior to being reassigned, Claimant did not ask or tell anyone that he wanted to be reassigned off
the floor. Claimant overheard subordinate Deputies gloating about how they had caused Claimant
to be removed from the floor. Claimant first learned that he was being involuntarily transferred
when one of his subordinates told him, “I heard you’re leaving the floor.” While Claimant was
assigned to 2000 floor, Sergeant G. Alvarez told Claimant the 2000 Floor “shot-callers” had been
previously reassigned training officers from the floor as punishment for holding 2000 Floor clique
Deputies accountable.
Claimant is a highly-educated, rule-oriented, person of color; the exact type of Sergeant whose
career the LASD should be facilitating. However, as a supervisor at MCJ, he was set up to fail,
with no real training regimen or mentoring, as it is in the interests of the Deputy cliques at MCJ to
ensure that no real supervisory regime is in place, which is capable of holding the members of the
Deputy cliques accountable for their actions, out-of-policy, or otherwise. Resultantly, subordinate
Deputy clique members conspired to take part in a campaign to “paper” Claimant, or to make
repeated, frivolous complaints against Claimant in order to undermine his supervisory tenure and
capacity. This disruptive practice is known to, and facilitated by, MCJ upper management.
Subsequently, Claimant was reassigned to “vacation” relief on Early Morning (“EM”) shift. In
addition to supervising his floor(s), conducting day to day duties that being a supervisor at MCJ
entails, Claimant was also responsible for investigating inmate grievances and conducting use of
force investigation. At his orientation, Claimant was informed that he would be given only a few
use of force investigations, and that after he attained competence in completing this type of
investigation, future use of force investigations would be the sole responsibility of the Force
Compliance Team, consisting of one Lieutenant and several Sergeants. Trouble was brewing,
however.
Claimant initially requested to work EM Shift when he was newly assigned to MCJ but was not
assigned to work EM shift. When it came time for Claimant to rotate to EM shift, he was initially
passed up by someone with less seniority. Claimant was forced to contact the scheduling
department and lodge a protest. As a result, Claimant was finally placed on EM shift.
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During Claimant’s five-month probation period, Claimant received more inmate grievances to
investigate than are assigned to most similarly situated Sergeants for an entire year. The inmate
grievances were tracked on a whiteboard in the Grievance Office, where Claimant learned that
there was another Sergeant, also on probation, with a similar level of Deputy grievances that
worked on the 2000 floor, who was being inundated with grievances in retaliation for his
questioning administration about the floor and an institutionalized lack of Deputy accountability.
Essentially, Deputy clique enablers were slamming a whistleblower Sergeants with so many
inmate grievances that it made it impossible for them to do their jobs. The wrongful objective was
twofold: first, to retaliate against whistleblowers and set them up for discipline or termination
based upon a failure to perform to standards, and secondly, but more importantly, to short-circuit
the inmate grievance procedure to create an environment where inmates would be discouraged
from filing complaints with the knowledge that any remedial action against LASD personnel, if
any, would take years to come into play. Even then, after years, witnesses would be unavailable
or unlocatable, resulting in a complete and total breakdown of the inmate grievance procedure to
the point where it has now become effectively non-viable and non-existent. This has occurred by
design, in order for LASD management to preserve the status and power of violent, unaccountable
Deputy cliques at MCJ and other detention facilities. When grievances are not investigated for a
year or more, witnesses can no longer be located. Involved Deputies have often transferred to other
assignments where they are no longer reasonably available to be interviewed.
At the present time, Claimant is over a year behind on assigned inmate grievances and will never
be able to catch up with the investigations. Some grievances are easy to resolve and involve single,
isolated incidents. Those simple investigations are infrequently assigned to Claimant. Claimant
is often assigned inmate grievances which require the review of multiple hours and/or days of
footage from numerous different video cameras inside MCJ. This has made it impossible for
Claimant to do his job, as the closer he gets to completing his work, the more work is piled on,
resulting in a hopeless and Sisyphean trap. Claimant believed that he was being overwhelmed
with more work than any one (or four) Sergeants could possibly do, so that he could be later
targeted for demotion and transfer away from MCJ based upon the whims of the controlling
Deputy cliques, those with a “clique mentality,” and their enablers in MCJ management, in
particular, Captains Matthew Vander Horck and Erick S. Kim.
Claimant has complained about being slammed with an impossible amount of inmate grievances,
while similarly situated Sergeants receive little to no new grievances to investigate. On August 8,
2020, Claimant filed an internal administrative grievance with respect to his retaliatory
predicament, as authorized by the MPP. What the Department characterized as a resolution to the
grievance was then-Chief Brendan Corbett (who currently holds the position of Assistant Sheriff
and oversees Custody Operations) reassuring Claimant that he would get some additional
administrative days assigned to him to catch up on his work. During this period of time, Captains
Vander Horck and Kim accused Claimant of “failing to perform to standards,” as this concept is
set forth in the MPP, and blamed Claimant for being too incompetent to complete his assigned
work in a timely fashion. Claimant protested that chief Corbett had totally failed to address the
substance of his allegations. To add insult to injury, a Sergeant (presently assigned to the
Grievance Team) who Claimant had reported for sleeping on duty (despite his frequent overtime
and weekly CARPS assignments), was promoted to Watch Sergeant over Claimant.
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On May 19, 2021, Claimant was informed that he was going to be assigned a “Mentor” due to his
purported failure to meet perforce to standards for falling so far behind on his inmate grievance
investigations. However, Claimant continues to languish, buried under an endless and
insurmountable mountain of complex grievances to investigate which would be impossible for any
one person to complete.
Troublingly, due to chronic MCJ Sergeant understaffing over the past two years, Claimant was
responsible for supervising two and sometimes three floors at MCJ. Although Claimant was
entrusted with this excessive supervisory responsibility, he was also being castigated and
reprimanded for incompetence in failing to complete his never-ending cavalcade of grievances.
Accordingly, Claimant’s workload has not been balanced and his varied work assignments do not
carry the same level of responsibility given his rank, experience, and capabilities.
Despite MCJ being chronically and hopelessly understaffed, approximately ten Sergeants have
been pulled off the line and placed in desirable, comfortable, and specialized assignments within
MCJ, and throughout custody division, sometimes in as little as six months. These ten Sergeants
were all white and Hispanic. Claimant, who is African American, continues to languish, buried
under an endless and insurmountable mountain of complex grievances to investigate. Despite
having an immaculate and high-achieving employment record, Claimant was not invited to work
any of these specialized work assignments, preventing Claimant from advancing professionally
and making himself more marketable for further promotion within this Department.
Over the past two years at MCJ, the Grievance Office has claimed to be operating under
extraordinary circumstances due to alleged understaffing. However, the Grievance Office has
been fully staffed during this period of time with three Sergeants and a Lieutenant. The claim of
being “short staffed” rings false.
Claimant is the most highly qualified, educated, and senior Sergeant among those similarly
situated. Claimant has also earned an entire career of excellent performance evaluations. Similarly
situated Sergeants work up to 120 hours of overtime a month in comparison to Claimant, who
works only his mandated required overtime each month that ranges from 32 to 64 hours. These
overtime Sergeants are generally assigned half, or less, of the amount of grievances that Claimant
has been assigned over the course of the past two years, despite the fact that Claimant is not given
overtime or administrative hours to complete the investigations. Claimant also claims that CARP
and Sergeants who are working overtime have less responsibilities, as those responsibilities pertain
to work load and supervision. Claimant believes that he is being targeted for demotion, transfer,
and/or termination as a result of his protected whistleblowing activities and his race, to wit:
African-American. This allegation is based upon Claimant’s observation that other similarly
situated Sergeants who are white or Hispanic enjoy benefits of employment at MCJ and in the
Grievance Office that are denied to Claimant.
For example, on February 24, 2021, Claimant was assigned two new grievances on the same day,
even though his supervisors knew he was more than a year behind with his current caseload. The
implications were clear: that command was killing two birds with one stone: (1) retaliating against
Claimant for protected whistleblower activities pursuant to Lab. Code § 1102.5; and (2) further
deprecating the inmate grievance procedure to the point where no clique-member Deputy or other
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custody personnel could be held accountable for their unlawful conduct within the period of time
that Claimant could meaningfully investigate the claims.
On May 12, 2021 Claimant was served with written notice that he would receive a written
Performance Log Entry (“PLE”) reprimand for “fail[ing] to submit the remainder of the 2019
grievances assigned to [Claimant]. Two out of three 2019 grievances have not been submitted for
review. As a sergeant on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, you have a responsibility
to ensure grievances are thoroughly investigated and completed within a time-frame set by
Division and Department policy (Failure to carry out supervisory duties and responsibilities
adequately and promptly - MPP 3-01/030.10.” The PLE is a punitive entry in Claimant’s personnel
file that will permanently and adversely affect his future career prospects within the Department.
Notably, when Claimant was a patrol Deputy at Carson Station and filed a hostile work
environment complaint, Claimant was retaliated against by being the subject of multiple, baseless
PLEs within a 24 hour period.
10. Why do you claim County is responsible?
At all times relevant to the instant Claim, the tortfeasor employees of COLA were working within
the course and scope of their employment as an agent of COLA, with a respondent superior
relationship existing as between the employee-agent and the employer-principals. All bad acts
alleged to have been undertaken by the COLA employee tortfeasors against Claimant were carried
out under color of authority, that authority having been vested in these tortfeasors by COLA. Had
Had the tortfeasors not been COLA agent-employees, the harms herein alleged would not have
transpired, and Claimant would not have been injured.
Pursuant to Gov. Code § 815.2, COLA is liable for injury proximately caused by acts or omissions
of its employees within the scope of their employment if the act or omission would, apart from
this section, have given rise to a cause of action against that employee or their personal
representatives. Claimant heretofore alleges that the wrongful acts by the tortfeasors caused the
injuries to them as set forth in this complaint, in that these acts or omissions would have given rise
to a cause of action against them and in favor of Claimant, independent of Gov. Code § 815.2.
Further, pursuant to Gov. Code § 820, the tortfeasors are liable for injuries caused by their acts or
omissions to the same extent as a private person. Claimant further alleges that the individual
tortfeasors caused their injuries, as set forth herein, and are therefore liable to Claimant for
damages arising out of those injuries as authorized by Gov. Code § 820.
12. Witnesses to damages or injury:
Assistant Sheriff Brendan Corbett

Captain Matthew Vander Horck
Captain Erick S. Kim
Captain Jason Wholak
Captain Whoolum
Lieutenant Jaime Alvarez
Lieutenant J. Azteca
Lieutenant Moore
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Sergeant G. Alvarez.
Deputy Estrada (MCJ Training Office)
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11/26/21, 3:00 PM Romero Law, APC Mail - Re: Sergeant Michael Frazier - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Alan Romero <[email protected]>
Re: Sergeant Michael Frazier - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Editors Knock LA <[email protected]> Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:01 PM

To: Lucia Nishizawa-Rodriguez <[email protected]>
Cc: Alan Romero <[email protected]>, Jennifer Sandoval <[email protected]>
Hi Lucia,
Thanks for your patience. As a volunteer organization, it can sometimes take us a while to respond to all of our
correspondence. Regarding Mr. Romero's letter, it seems that he takes issue with our inclusion of Sergeant Frazier in the
databa e we collated of known a ociate of deputy gang in the Lo Angele County Sheriff' Department
It is unclear, however, if Mr. Romero has read "The Perfect Breeding Ground," Part 7 of Cerise Castle's series. Here's the
relevant passage:
"In August 2008, Deputy Juan Abel Escalante, who worked at Men’s Central Jail, was killed by members of the Avenues street
gang in a reported case of mistaken identity. Following Escalante’s death, deputies at MCJ began beating and threatening to kill
incarcerated Latinos, because they (incorrectly) believed one of them put a hit out on the deputy, according to court
documents. Following a severe attack on an incarcerated man, inmates refused to leave their cells. Body camera
footage obtained by ABC shows Lieutenant Christopher Blasnek, a supervisor at the jail, briefing a group of deputies including
Justin Bravo, Enrique Cano, Alejandro Hernandez Castanon, Ivan Delatorre, Herman Delgado, J. Demooy, Arthur Diaz Jr.,
Adolph Esqueda, Michael Frazier, Antonio Galindo, Armando Gonzalez, Nicholas Graham, Brendon Jackson, J. Hill, Mario
Juarez, R. Langarcia, M. Lockhart, John McNicholas, Jose Mendoza, Anthony Montes, Matthew Nowotny, Blake Orlandos, R.
Patterson, Jason Puga, Aaron Rivera, G. Rodriguez, Joseph Sanford, Matthew Thomas, Hector Vazquez, Kelley Washington, and
Sergeant Michel McGrattan before they unleashed a merciless six-hour attack on the incarcerated men."
I've bolded Sergeant Fazier's name for ease of reading. Given the footage placing Sergeant Frazier at a briefing incipient
to a brutal, hours-long attack on prisoners, we do not feel it is appropriate to adjust our coverage.
Thank you,
Liam Fitzpatrick
Editor | Knock LA
On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 4:17 PM Lucia Nishizawa-Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote:
Please see the attached correspondence by Mr.Romero regarding the matter in the subject line.
Lucia Nishizawa-Rodriguez
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11/26/21, 3:00 PM Romero Law, APC Mail - Re: Sergeant Michael Frazier - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Re: Sergeant Michael Frazier - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Alan Romero <[email protected]> Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 12:17 PM

To: Editors Knock LA <[email protected]>
Cc: Lucia Nishizawa-Rodriguez <[email protected]>, Jennifer Sandoval <[email protected]>, Ted Wells
e w@romerolaw com , Ceri e Ca tle ceri eca tle@gmail com
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This communication shall be deemed an admission that you have zero factual basis to state that Frazier is, to quote
your reporting: "a gang associate of the 3000 Boys."
No corroboration, no vetting, no surprise. This is a textbook example they should teach to journalism students to illustrate
what constitutes "a reckless disregard for the truth."
Thi di cu ion i over It' ad that I've dedicated my life to ending thi criminal gang problem in the LASD and you're
jeopardizing the whole thing with your false reporting... so that the Sheriff can point it out and undermine all of our
credibility based upon your total lack thereof. Despite your best intentions, your actions and inactions are materially
advancing the interests of racist Deputy gangs in this Department, along with their enablers. Your total failure to engage
in meaningful editorial control uch a requiring corroboration or vetting ha re ulted in thi predictable and unavoidable
result.
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11/26/21, 3:08 PM Romero Law, APC Mail - Statement RE Gonzalez Case
Statement RE Gonzalez Case
Alan Romero <[email protected]> Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 4:47 PM

To: [email protected]
Cc: Ted Wells <[email protected]>, Luke Rowe <[email protected]>, Angela Xie <[email protected]>, Jennifer
Sandoval j @romerolaw com , Regan Quilling rcq@romerolaw com , Camilla Manciati cm@romerolaw com
Sorry, we're not willing to give any statement to knock.la until you remove the false reporting that hero whistleblower Sgt.
Michael Frazier is a member of a deputy gang in the purported "LASD Gang Database." See the attached
correspondence of earlier this year.
I will, however, provide you with the statement we gave to USA Today, the Daily Journal, and the LA Times:
“The judge granted Summary Judgment and dismissed

Deputy Gonzalez's case on the basis that there was
not a single triable issue
of fact. This is not the case, and we are highly confident that the Court of
Appeals
will reverse and allow discovery into the deputy gang that Gonzalez
blew the whistle on. The judge refused
to permit discovery with respect to The
Executioners gang, which along with his ruling dismissing the case,
constituted
a cover-up of murders of young men of color in Compton and other areas where
deputy gangs
have run slipshod. It is sad that Deputy Gonzalez served his
country as a combat Marine, yet his case found
itself in a courtroom where his
right to discovery and to have his case heard at trial were taken away by a
judge who felt that covering up violence and gang activity by the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department
was more important that guaranteeing the rights of
a hero whistleblower who had the courage to stand up to
his own
Department."
Further, I will be making a lengthy statement tomorrow on our firm YouTube channel.
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Alan Romero <[email protected]> Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 4:49 PM

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Also, the entirety of the circumstances of the dismissal are laid out in the attached declaration which I filed with the court.
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Liam Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 11:53 AM

To: Alan Romero <[email protected]>
Hi Alan,
Thanks so much for sending along these files, this is super helpful! I regret to inform you that, after consulting with our
legal counsel and going over the details of Sgt. Frazier's case, we were unable to conclude that he was in no way
associated with the Executioners at this time. That said, if you'd like to set up a time to discuss the case further discuss
the ca e, I'd be happy to bring up that po ibility to our editorial team and our lawyer
Best,

Liam Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 11:56 AM

Apologies it's been a long week, I mistyped. I meant to say that we were unable to conclude he was in no way associated
with the 3000 boy , not the E ecutioner

Alan Romero <[email protected]> Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 12:30 PM

To: Liam Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>
Cc: Ted Wells <[email protected]>, Jennifer Sandoval <[email protected]>
Bcc
Liam:
"
we were unable to conclude he was in no way associated with the 3000 boys"
It's your job to verify and prove that he was associated with the 3000 Boys, not some innocent person's job to prove
they're innocent before you print unverified, false allegations. I would have though they would have taught you that in J
school in your ethics class. Sad. I'll be doing a press conference about your poor, unverified reporting early next year
with Mr Frazier I'll be ure you get an invite
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Liam Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 12:51 PM

Alan,
I should have phrased that sentence in a more active way. In the course of the investigation, we found a number of data
points, including video evidence of a preparatory meeting which preceded the brutal beating of inmates by members of
the 3K boy a well a court document from the following ca e which e plicitly mention both deputy gang generally and
the 3K boys specifically, which confirmed to our editorial standards that Sgt Frazier was, at the very least, at one time
associated with members of the 3K Boys.
I believe we are all intere ted in the ame goal of uncovering corruption in the LASD If there are e tenuating
circumstances or evidence you can provide us that confirm Sgt. Frazier was not, in fact, associated with that deputy gang,
we would of course be interested in seeing that. We look forward to continuing this discussion with you, and appreciate
the work you're doing in representing LASD whistleblowers.
Thank you,

Alan Romero <[email protected]> Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 12:56 PM

To: Liam Fitzpatrick <[email protected]>
Bcc
You are actually harming the whistleblowers, as the Sheriff is right that you're publishing false information. It's disgusting
that you have no editorial standards, and I plan to call you out and let everyone know that the whistleblowers, as a group,
support Sgt. Frazier and ask that the reporting on your website be given ZERO credibility moving forward.
Now do me a favor and never contact my office again. Your website is spreading lies, and I am going to make sure that
everyone knows.
Bye bye
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