SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Defense lawyers say a former Spokane police officer should not spend any time in prison for using excessive force against a mentally disabled janitor who died after being arrested on suspicion of stealing money from an ATM.
Public humiliation and the loss of his career are punishment enough for Karl F. Thompson Jr., his attorneys say....
I don't think so. He took a life!
Thompson, 65, was convicted last year by a federal jury of violating Zehm’s civil rights by using excessive force and then lying to investigators in the case that shook public confidence in the Spokane Police Department....
But, but, but, police don't lie in AmeriKa!
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It's not just Spokane.
Sniper in Seattle
You sure he ain't a cop?
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Washington killing suspect to be extradited
