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Video Captures Police Brutality On Girl

Item: Beating caught on police video: Tape shows officer kicking, striking teenager/Scott Gutierrez/Seattle PI

More Info: A video showing a King County Sheriff's deputy pummeling a 15-year-old girl in a holding cell was released Friday over the strenuous objections of the officer's attorney. The case goes beyond police misconduct, County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said in a prepared statement. "It's about criminal misconduct. And that's why he needs to be prosecuted," he said. The video of the Nov. 29 incident was disclosed Friday, one day after Deputy Paul Schene, 31, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault in King County District Court.

Question: First, watch the video linked to above and then tell HBO readers if you can find any justification for that kind of attack on the teen-age girl?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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