LA Authorities Continued to Pay a Fired White Cop (at least $500k) who was Found Guilty of Slamming a Black Woman Face First into the Sidewalk

After a Jury Found an LA Cop Guilty of a Felony For His Attack on a Black Woman Fed Prosecutor Dropped the Felony Charge and Court Rewarded Cop w/a 4 Month Sentence - 3 Prosecutors Resign in Protest

From [HERE] White Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trevor Kirk was convicted in February 2025 of using excessive force after he was recorded throwing a woman to the ground.

• Kirk has appealed the guilty verdict and his supporters have sought President Trump’s intervention in his case.

• Kirk lost the certification required to serve as a state peace officer but was still employed by the Sheriff’s Department until last month.

A Los Angeles County deputy who was convicted of excessive force continued to collect a paycheck for months even though he was barred from carrying a badge in California, according to Sheriff’s Department officials and county records.

A federal jury convicted Trevor Kirk in February 2025 of a felony after he was recorded throwing a woman face first onto the ground outside a supermarket in Lancaster.

Kirk, 33, was sentenced to four months in prison and his certification as a law enforcement officer was revoked by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in effect banning him from working as a police officer in the state.

But Kirk remained employed with the Sheriff’s Department for months afterward, collecting benefits and a six-figure salary. Kirk had been relieved of duty after the 2023 encounter and was off the streets and had no other duties assigned in the department, a department spokesperson said.

Kirk was relieved of duty in July 2023. In a recording that surfaced weeks earlier, Kirk was seen responding to a report of a robbery and being approached by a woman outside a WinCo Foods supermarket.

The woman was recording deputies with her cellphone as they handcuffed a man matching the description of a suspect. Kirk then approached the woman, tried to grab her cellphone and threw her to the ground, video showed. Kirk pinned her down with a knee to her back and used pepper-spray, twice, to her face.

Kirk was charged by federal prosecutors with a felony but offered a misdemeanor plea deal before the case went to trial. Kirk declined and was convicted by a jury in February 2025 of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law.

After the election of President Trump, the new top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, Bill Essayli, made the highly unusual and controversial decision to offer Kirk a post-conviction plea deal.

U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson rejected the move, writing that prosecutors presented no new evidence or circumstances to justify circumventing the jury’s verdict.

Kirk remained employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department a year after his conviction while his attorneys appealed his case.

According to a Sheriff‘s Department spokesperson, Kirk was relieved of duty July 10, 2023. But he continued to be employed and collect a salary.

According to county data, Kirk received a total compensation of $201,062 in 2023, including benefits and overtime. He took home an additional $170,000 in 2024.

Salary data for Kirk for 2025 was not immediately available from the county, but a Sheriff’s Department spokesperson said Kirk remained with the agency until Feb. 20, 2026. [MORE]