ACLU criticizes Baca

A legal adviser with the American Civil Liberties Union is dismissing Sheriff Lee Baca's call to reinvestigate cases of alleged brutality at Los Angeles County jails as mere "political damage control" and questioned Monday whether Sheriff's Department "insiders" could be trusted to conduct an impartial investigation. Christina Villacorte in the Daily News.

After initially bristling at accusations that deputies abuse inmates, Baca ordered his top commanders to reinvestigate the cases.

In a statement posted on the department website Sunday, Baca said he takes the allegations of misconduct by jail staff "very seriously," and said he had appointed 35 full-time investigators to thoroughly review each allegation of abuse by jailers.