SEATTLE — A police officer in Washington state repeatedly accused of using excessive force pleaded not guilty to a federal criminal charge that he pepper-sprayed a man who was under arrest and restrained in a hospital gurney.
Former Tukwila officer Nicholas Hogan, who is now an officer in Snoqualmie, entered the plea Thursday in U.S.
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