Two Seattle police officers are under investigation after a bystander recorded them beating a man with their batons at a bus stop last week.
In the video, which was posted online and first reported by NBC affiliate KING 5-TV, two officers can be seen hitting a man with their batons last Friday afternoon. In the 40-second clip, one of the officers appears to grab the man’s hair before he uses a knee to pin him down.
The video does not show what occurred before the officers started beating the man.
Add another few years to the Consent Decree order, I guess. I am also going to guess the oversight committee will recommend (that is the extent of their power) the officers be fired and SPD and SPOG will do nothing while complaining that everyone unfairly hates them. SPD is the department that hired an officer, Kevin Dave, that was fired from another department for reckless driving. Kevin Dave thought going 75 mph downtown to get to a scene was a good idea and he struck a 26 year old pedestrian and killed them. SPD gave no punishment.
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