LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 - Eighteen current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's officials are accused of unjustified beatings of inmates and visitors to jails, officials said Monday. Re Birotte Jr., U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, said at a news conference the FBI's "Wide-ranging" investigation was ongoing into civil rights abuses at downtown jails, the Los Angeles Times reported. "Unfortunately, the federal investigation found that these incidents did not take place in a vacuum," Birotte said, adding some actions had become "Institutionalized." Birotte said the defendants considered themselves "Above the law."
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