Deputy Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Shooting Unarmed Black Man in New Judgment
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Lyons has been sentenced to 30 days in jail followed by two years of probation for the 2019 shooting death of Ryan Twyman, an unarmed Black man. This decision follows Lyons pleading no contest to one count of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and felony assault under the color of authority. The case had drawn national attention and raised questions about the use …