Feds launch civil rights probe of Seattle cops
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SEATTLE - The Justice Department is launching a formal civil rights investigation of the Seattle Police Department following the fatal shooting of a Native American woodcarver and other incidents of force used against minority suspects.
Seattle U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan and the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Thomas E. Perez, scheduled a conference call Thursday morning to discuss the investigation. Durkan has previously said her office was reviewing the Seattle Police Department's actions.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and other groups called for the inquiry after a Seattle officer shot and killed woodcarver John T. Williams after he crossed a street downtown.
Other incidents captured on surveillance video include officers stomping on a man and threatening to beat the "Mexican piss" out of him, and an officer kicking a non-resisting black youth in a convenience store.
SEATTLE - The Justice Department is launching a formal civil rights investigation of the Seattle Police Department following the fatal shooting of a Native American woodcarver and other incidents of force used against minority suspects.
Seattle U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan and the assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Thomas E. Perez, scheduled a conference call Thursday morning to discuss the investigation. Durkan has previously said her office was reviewing the Seattle Police Department's actions.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington and other groups called for the inquiry after a Seattle officer shot and killed woodcarver John T. Williams after he crossed a street downtown.
Other incidents captured on surveillance video include officers stomping on a man and threatening to beat the "Mexican piss" out of him, and an officer kicking a non-resisting black youth in a convenience store.
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