Judge's ruling limits what prosecutors can share about Torrance police text scandal

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An L.A. County judge made it harder for prosecutors to disclose evidence against Torrance police officers implicated in a racist text message scandal.

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A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued an order this week slowing the process by which prosecutors can disclose evidence of racist text messages and images sent by Torrance police officers embroiled in a scandal that could affect hundreds of criminal cases.

Prosecutors are required to provide defendants with any favorable evidence they gather, including information that could undermine the credibility of government witnesses, under a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brady vs. Maryland.The Times has identified a dozen Torrance police officers who are under investigation for sharing racist and homophobic text messages and images.

Garcia said his office has received nearly 600 letters disclosing possible misconduct by the 13 officers identified in The Times article. Prosecutors obtained more than 200 gigabytes of data showing the racist texts date back to 2018, so Garcia expects prosecutors will have a lot more information to turn over, a process that he said would now be significantly stalled by White’s ruling.

Prosecutors sought the text messages when considering whether or not to file a hate crime allegation against the officers, which they have not done yet. A hearing on the suppression motion was scheduled for Monday in the Torrance courthouse, but was transferred to White’s courtroom, where he issued the order Tuesday.

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