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Officers were accused of giving 'high fives' after breaking the jaw of a handcuffed suspect.

police CHIEF COVErS up for his son.

February 4, 2009

HAWTHORNE -- The Hawthorne Police Department is denying any wrongdoing in response to a lawsuit in which officers were accused of giving 'high fives' after breaking the jaw of a handcuffed suspect.

The City of Hawthorne paid out one million dollars to settle the suit.

Anthony Goodrow and his wife Karla Henriquez Goodrow sued police for excessive force, denial of medical treatment and malicious prosecution following Goodrow's arrest nearly three years ago.

The incident occurred at a party on July 21, 2006.

Officers responding to a noise complaint were accused of beating Goodrow, handcuffed him and then continued to beat him.

It was further alleged that while Mr. Goodrow was handcuffed and face down on the cement, an officer kicked Mr. Goodrow in the face breaking his jaw.

Mr. Goodrow alleged he was arrested and taken to the jail instead of the hospital causing a delay in medical treatment.

Hawthorne Police issued a written statement to KTLA Tuesday, denying they did anything wrong.

"...No officers violated any law or departmental policy during the arrest of Mr. Goodrow and (concluded) that excessive force was not used by Hawthorne officers."

 "...The city adamantly denies that Mr. Goodrow was ever kicked in the face or head by any Hawthorne Officer while attempting to arrest Mr. Goodrow," the statement went on to read.

Attorney Glen T. Jonas, who represented Goodrow, said that although his client was "suffering in tremendous pain with a broken jaw," police officers "were high-fiving and celebrating the beating," instead of taking him to the hospital.

"His blood was all over the cement," Jonas said. "He was crying in the police car."

His wife alleged she witnessed part of the beating and screamed for officers to stop. She alleged they arrested her and falsely charged her with public intoxication.

Evidence in the case included a photograph of an officer appearing to kick the handcuffed man in the face.

As well as surveillance video at the jail showing that as Goodrow was being searched by one officer, two others exchanged a high-five just a few feet away.

Attorney Mark Rutter, who represented the city, said during one deposition that the officers were not aware of Goodrow's broken jaw at the time of the high-five.

Jonas says when confronted with the videotape in December, the Hawthorne City Council voted to settle the lawsuit.  The $1 million was paid last week.

Goodrow and his girlfriend, who are now married, were subsequently prosecuted in criminal court.

Attorney Todd Melnick, who represented them during criminal case proceedings, said both cases were dismissed after he argued that police illegally entered the apartment.

Because the police department admitted no fault, the officers named in the lawsuit will not be disciplined, including police Officer Thomas Heffner, the son, of the chief of police, Chief Michael Heffner.

Hawthorne officers accused of abuse weren't questioned during internal probe

Police personnel, including the chief's son, accused of breaking man's jaw during arrest were never interviewed during the internal affairs query. Victims and witnesses weren't called either.

By Richard Winton and Jack Leonard

February 13, 2009

After Anthony Goodrow complained that he had been brutalized by Hawthorne police officers during an arrest nearly three years ago, department officials said they "conducted an in-depth and thorough internal investigation."

Their conclusion: Officers acted appropriately and did not use excessive force.

That finding, however, appears at odds with the city's payment of $1 million in late January to settle Goodrow's lawsuit alleging excessive force.

Evidence in the case included a photograph that Goodrow's attorneys say shows an officer about to kick their client in the face; a police video of officers slapping high-fives while an injured Goodrow was booked into the city's jail; and reports from the officers acknowledging that they punched and kicked Goodrow several times during the arrest.

A Times review of records in the lawsuit found that internal affairs investigators never interviewed Goodrow nor the officers involved, one of whom was the police chief's son.

Goodrow's attorneys say internal affairs also failed to contact several witnesses who bolstered their client's claim that he was kicked in the face so hard that his jaw was broken.

Experts on police misconduct investigations said Hawthorne's probe fell far short of how other law enforcement agencies handle similar complaints. At many departments, they said, it is standard practice to interview officers accused of misconduct, and agencies will order officers to cooperate if need be.

"There is really no excuse for not doing it," said Merrick Bobb, a Los Angeles-based attorney and national expert on police practices.

Police Chief Michael Heffner declined to talk about his department's investigation or his son's involvement in the case. Officer Thomas Heffner said he punched Goodrow several times during the July 21, 2006, arrest, records show.

Goodrow, 26, was at a house party with his then-girlfriend, Karla Henriquez, when police responded to a noise complaint. Henriquez, 25, complained loudly that the officer had no right to enter the home and insulted Heffner, prompting another officer to take her into custody.

Goodrow said he questioned her arrest and was asked whether he wanted to go with his girlfriend. When he replied yes, the officers grabbed him, he said.

Officers said in police reports and depositions that Goodrow initiated the confrontation by cursing and acting belligerently, taking a "fighting stance" by clenching his fists and puffing out his chest.

According to the officers' accounts, an officer put Goodrow in a choke-hold and Heffner punched him in the stomach. The officers said they forced Goodrow to the ground, where they said he continued resisting attempts to handcuff him. One officer punched Goodrow several times in his face and Heffner testified that he delivered two punches to Goodrow's back. Another officer kicked Goodrow twice in the ribs, according to police.

Goodrow never struck back and finally submitted, the officers said.

At the city's jail, Goodrow threatened to sue the officers, according to a deposition by Reserve Officer Renee Descant, a first-grade teacher at a Hawthorne elementary school. A police video shows Descant and another officer slapping high-fives as Goodrow is being searched. Descant testified that they did so out of relief that they had not been involved in the confrontation with Goodrow.

From jail, Goodrow called his mother and said he needed medical attention.

Sheila Goodrow called the jail and told an official that her son's jaw was broken, according to a police recording of the call.

"He is in actual pain right now," she told the jailer. "He needs to see a doctor."

"It will happen on the Police Department's timetable," the jailer replied.

Goodrow's attorneys said he was released more than three hours later without being treated, despite a department policy that requires officers to seek medical attention for suspects with visible injuries.

Goodrow was charged with a felony for allegedly resisting an officer. At a preliminary hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Donna Groman rejected defense claims that officers used excessive force, concluding that Goodrow "was resisting with his body . . . with stiffening of the body, making it very difficult for the officers to handcuff him."

But the charge was later dismissed by another judge who ruled that Goodrow's attorney should have been allowed to present more witnesses at the preliminary hearing.

Deputy Dist. Atty. John Lynch said prosecutors declined to refile the case, concluding that Goodrow's actions should be handled as a possible misdemeanor. He said prosecutors never saw the videotape of the high-five and were unaware of the civil lawsuit.

After reading about the settlement in The Times last week, Lynch said he referred the matter to a division within his office that reviews allegations of police brutality.

In his lawsuit, Goodrow accused police of kicking him in the face while he was handcuffed on the ground.

His attorneys contend that a cellphone photo taken by a witness shows an officer with his foot pulled back, about to kick Goodrow.

In a statement issued last week, the department said it adamantly "denies that Mr. Goodrow was ever kicked in the face or head by any Hawthorne officer while attempting to arrest Mr. Goodrow."

The accused officer, Ian Elliott, said the photo shows him getting up from the floor, not about to kick Goodrow. Two other officers said Goodrow fell on his chin during the scuffle.

Hawthorne police never interviewed Goodrow or Henriquez, who are now married. In its statement, the department blamed the couple for refusing to cooperate on the advice of their defense lawyer, Todd Melnik.

Melnik said he told Hawthorne police that he would not allow his clients to be interviewed while criminal charges were pending. He said a police official told him: "It is now or never."

Glen T. Jonas, one of Goodrow's civil attorneys, said internal affairs failed to contact at least half a dozen witnesses who say they saw officers beat Goodrow. Jonas said two of the witnesses would have testified at trial that Goodrow was kicked in the face. Depositions also show that internal affairs never questioned the officers involved in the arrest.

Officers Elliott and Heffner testified in September that they were unaware of any disciplinary probe. A third officer, Jeffrey Salmon, who acknowledged kicking Goodrow twice in the ribs, testified that he was aware of an investigation but was never interviewed.

Michael Gennaco, a former federal prosecutor who reviews disciplinary investigations for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, said investigators should generally interview accused officers. Relying on officers' written reports, he said, is not enough.

"It doesn't allow the give-and-take that an interview does," Gennaco said.

Goodrow's lawyers said the department was more interested in protecting the officers than seeking the truth.

"It was an investigation with a foregone conclusion -- the officers had done nothing wrong," said attorney Christopher L. Driscoll. "It was shocking."

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