LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer has pleaded not guilty to beating a man with his baton while taking him into custody outside a restaurant near Staples Center.
A district attorney’s statement says 30-year-old Jonathan Lai entered the plea Wednesday to one count of assault by a police officer and one of assault with a deadly weapon.
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