Prosecutor: Spokane cop disgraced badge in attack
Thursday, October 13, 2011
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- A Justice Department trial attorney says a Spokane police officer brutally beat a citizen who posed no threat and disgraced his badge by lying to cover up his actions.
Federal prosecutor Victor Boutros began delivering his opening statement to a jury Thursday morning in the case against Office Karl Thompson.
Thompson is accused of using unreasonable force and lying to investigators in the death of Otto Zehm, a 36-year-old schizophrenic janitor.
Thompson has pleaded not guilty.
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