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• Civil suit dismissed against former officer in shooting

  March 3, 2011 in City on Page A8 Former Spokane Police Officer James “Jay” Olsen, who was exonerated two years ago of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting of a fleeing, unarmed man, now will avoid any civil responsibility … 49

• Civil suit against former SPD officer dismissed

  March 2, 2011 in City Former Spokane Police Officer James “Jay” Olsen won’t face any civil penalties for shooting a fleeing, unarmed man in the head in 2007. U.S. District Court Judge Edward F. Shea … 42

• Defense lawyers claim overkill on Hoopfest charges

  August 4, 2010 in City Defense attorneys told a judge today that prosecutors don’t have a legal basis for a long list of attempted murder charges levied against three of four men in connection with … 10

• Doug Clark: Off-duty ruling’s a real cop-out

  March 16, 2010 in City on Page A5 They don’t call it “March Madness” for nothing. Oh, yeah. And the basketball scene is pretty nuts, too. 8

• Olsen won’t face more charges

  May 7, 2009 in City on Page A6 Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that she decided against asking prosecutors to consider misdemeanor charges against former Officer Jay Olsen for trying to talk to a judge about … 7

• No impersonation charges expected against Olsen

  May 6, 2009 in City Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that she decided against asking prosecutors to consider misdemeanor charges against former Officer Jay Olsen for trying to talk to a judge about …

• Report clears dispatcher in Pete shooting

    May 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 An internal investigation has cleared a Spokane police dispatcher of wrongdoing after questions arose over the truthfulness of his testimony in the acquittal of an off-duty officer who shot a … 15

• Olsen incidents could have led to criminal charges

    April 15, 2009 in City on Page A5 The Spokane Police Department’s internal investigation into former Officer Jay Olsen shows that officials could have charged him with a crime a year before his trial, because he tried to … 5

• Officer Olsen quits on brink of firing

    April 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 Suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen, acquitted by a jury last month for shooting a man in the head during a drunken off-duty chase through Peaceful Valley two years ago, … 17

• Jay Olsen resigns from Spokane Police Department

    April 13, 2009 in City Suspended Spokane Police Officer Jay Olsen, acquitted by a jury last month for shooting a man in the head during a drunken off-duty chase through Peaceful Valley, resigned Monday. The … 7

• Native Americans air concerns over verdict

  March 25, 2009 in City on Page A1 Native Americans confronted city officials on Tuesday evening with their frustration over the acquittal of an off-duty Spokane police officer who shot a young American Indian man. Mayor Mary Verner … 13

• In Olsen case, responsibility lies with prosecutor

  March 19, 2009 in City on Page A5 Sure, the jury blew the Jay Olsen verdict. Like all of you, I’m enraged that a boozed-up, off-duty cop shot Shonto Pete in the head and got away with it. 17

• Caller disputes 911 testimony

    March 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Two people who helped a bleeding Shonto Pete after shots rang out in Peaceful Valley and called 911 at Pete’s request are challenging a police dispatcher’s testimony last week in … 15

• Doug Clark: Protect your head for when cops lose theirs

  March 17, 2009 in City on Page A5 The responses I’m receiving about last Friday’s acquittal of Jay Olsen – the boozed-up off-duty cop who shot Shonto Pete in the head after a wild chase two years ago … 5

• Police launch Olsen inquiry

    March 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Spokane Police Department has launched its internal investigation of suspended officer Jay Olsen amid public outrage over Friday’s jury verdict that acquitted Olsen of shooting a man in the … 17

• Police begin probe into Shonto Pete shooting

  March 16, 2009 in City The Spokane Police Department has launched its internal investigation of suspended officer Jay Olsen amid widespread public outrage over Friday’s jury verdict that acquitted Olsen of shooting a man in … 3

• Doug Clark: Just blame our biggest drawback

  March 15, 2009 in City on Page B1 Hear ye. Hear ye. The Column is now in session, and we have three items on today’s docket. •Item 1 – So suspended Spokane police officer Jay Olsen was acquitted … 1

• Olsen cleared in shooting

  March 14, 2009 in City on Page A1 Suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen was acquitted of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment Friday for shooting Shonto Pete in the head and firing four other bullets in Peaceful Valley … 17

• Suspended officer found not guilty in shooting

  March 13, 2009 in City Suspended Spokane police officer Jay Olsen was acquitted of first-degree assault and reckless endangerment for shooting Shonto Pete in the head and firing four other bullets in Peaceful Valley on … 75

• Officer Olsen’s fate rests with jurors

  March 13, 2009 in City on Page A5 The fate of suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen, charged with shooting Shonto Pete in the head and sending a volley of bullets into Peaceful Valley two years ago, is … 1

• Doug Clark: Case is clear as a muddy Peaceful Valley slope

  March 12, 2009 in City on Page A5 Let’s get a few things straight. I don’t care that Jay Olsen is gay. Nor do I give a hoot that Olsen enjoyed spending some of his off-duty cop hours … 3

• ‘I knew this could be my whole career,’ Olsen testifies

  March 12, 2009 in City on Page A1 After he shot Shonto Pete in the head on a February night in Peaceful Valley, suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen said, he felt his life imploding. He didn’t call … 8

• Shooting justified, expert says

  March 11, 2009 in City on Page A5 The defense of suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen relies on an erased 911 tape, an expert who said Olsen was justified in shooting Shonto Pete in the head, and … 2

• Olsen defense cites sexuality, erased 911 call

  March 10, 2009 in City, Idaho The defense of suspended Spokane police officer Jay Olsen relies on an erased 911 tape, an expert who said Olsen was justified in shooting Shonto Pete in the head and … 13

• Olsen hit with damages suit

  March 10, 2009 in City on Page A6 In the midst of his assault trial, suspended Spokane police Officer Jay Olsen has been hit with a federal lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages for shooting Shonto Pete in the …

• Olsen hit with lawsuit in midst of trial

  March 9, 2009 in City In the midst of his first-degree assault trial, suspended Spokane police officer Jay Olsen has been hit with a new federal lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages for shooting Shonto Pete …

• Competing versions of police shooting emerge

  March 4, 2009 in City Sudden threat – or deadly pursuit? Two competing versions of the February 2007 incident that ended with Shonto Pete shot in the head and assault charges against suspended police officer … 5

• Witness saw ‘look of terror’

  March 4, 2009 in City on Page A5 The young man pounding on his door at 3:30 a.m., blood streaming from a head wound, appeared “absolutely petrified,” a former Peaceful Valley resident told a Spokane jury Tuesday. Michael …

• Resident says Pete had a ‘sheer look of terror’

  March 3, 2009 in City The young man pounding on his door at 3:30 a.m. with blood streaming from a head wound was “absolutely petrified,” a former Peaceful Valley resident told a Spokane jury Tuesday.

• Shot man takes stand as officer’s trial opens

  March 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 All he wanted was a ride home. But he ended up getting shot in the head by a mysterious pursuer, Shonto Pete told a Spokane jury Monday in the opening … 1

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