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No assault charges against 2 Seattle officers

The Columbian
Published: December 15, 2010, 12:00am

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle city attorney’s office says no assault charges will be filed against two Seattle police officers who stomped a prone Latino man in April. One officer used ethnically offensive language during the videotaped incident.

In a statement, City Attorney Peter Holmes said Tuesday that “Though the incident was marred by an unacceptable and unnecessary racist comment, our office concludes that neither officer’s conduct was criminal.”

His announcement regarding Detective Shandy Cobane and patrol Officer Mary Lynne Woollum comes after the King County prosecutor decided in September not to charge Cobane with malicious harassment under the state’s so-called “hate crime” law.

Both officers will now be subject to an internal investigation by Seattle police that was put on hold while the April 17 incident was reviewed by county and city prosecutors.

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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com

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