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• Doug Clark: Many wrongs, one big right in Zehm case

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A5 Repentance is a concept normally relegated to cathedrals, chapels and bar stools just before closing time. But on Tuesday afternoon, a downtown mediation court was the sanctuary where the city … 24

• Former chief blasts Thompson salute

  March 30, 2012 in City on Page A5 Former Seattle police Chief Norm Stamper told a Spokane crowd Thursday that he wasn’t knowledgeable enough about the city’s most infamous case of recent police misconduct to offer much meaningful … 17

• Doug Clark: Justice for Otto Zehm is close at hand

  March 20, 2012 in City on Page A5 Four or five other customers were ahead of me when I sauntered into the convenience store on Sunday’s sunny afternoon. No worries. Despite the Zip Trip name on the signage, … 16

• Thompson kudos cited in court

  February 2, 2012 in City on Page A5 A Spokane police officer who says he feared for his life after being threatened by a felon was asked in court Wednesday about supportive comments he posted on a Facebook … 211

• SPD officer questioned in court about support for Thompson

  February 1, 2012 in News, City A Spokane police officer who says he feared for his life after being threatened by a felon was asked in court Wednesday about supportive comments he posted on a Facebook … 67

• Thompson attorneys allege misconduct

  December 23, 2011 in News, City Defense attorneys for convicted Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. filed a motion today claiming everything from judicial error to juror misconduct in their attempt to convince a federal … 93

• Doug Clark: Head-Crackin Karl can hum his own theme song

    December 18, 2011 in City on Page B1 One thing has been missing in our ongoing coverage of the conviction of police officer Karl Thompson Jr. That’s right, a parody song. 27

• Clark: Van-Tastic decision takes load off for Team Otto

  December 8, 2011 in City on Page A5 Everyone snap to attention. Please click your heels together as we offer an SPD-worthy salute to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle. 46

• Judge denies request to interview Zehm jurors

  December 7, 2011 in City on Page A5 A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorneys to interview the jurors who convicted Thompson last month of two felonies in connection with the … 28

• Judge denies Thompson’s request to question jurors

    December 6, 2011 in News, City A judge has denied a request by former Spokane police Officer Karl Thompson’s attorney’s to interview the jurors who convicted him last month of two felonies in connection with the … 50

• Chief to step down Jan. 2

  November 12, 2011 in City on Page B1 Spokane police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed Friday that she will not wait for a new chief to be hired and will leave Jan. 2. Kirkpatrick has said as recently as … 9

• Clark: To those who disgraced the law they swore to uphold

  November 6, 2011 in City on Page B1 “Members of the Spokane Police Department will so conduct their public and private lives that they exemplify the high standards of integrity, trust, and morality demanded of a member of … 111

• Spokane police officer convicted of excessive force, lying

    November 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 YAKIMA – His jaw quivering at times, Karl F. Thompson Jr. stared straight ahead Wednesday, showing nothing but a stern look as juror after juror confirmed the guilty verdicts they’d … 83

• Quotes regarding the Thompson verdict

  November 3, 2011 in City on Page A10 U.S. Attorney Mike Ormsby: “This is not an indictment of our entire Police Department and it should not be an excuse for any of us to ignore the good work … 3

• Timeline since March 2006, when Zehm was beaten

  November 3, 2011 in City on Page A10 • March 18, 2006: Otto Zehm, 36, a mentally ill janitor, is beaten, shocked with a Taser and hog-tied inside a North Side Zip Trip convenience store by seven Spokane …

• Clark: This time, the jury got it exactly right

  November 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 It takes a lot to get to a guy like me. Many journalists hide behind a shield of cynicism, and I’ve had 37 years of practice. 44

• Prosecutors ask jury to convict Thompson for ‘brutal’ attack

  October 31, 2011 in City On the day Otto Zehm would have turned 42, a federal prosecutor asked a jury today to convict Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. of using excessive force and … 68

• Doug Clark: There’s a stink in the courtroom and the hotel room

  October 30, 2011 in City on Page B1 Karl Thompson’s version of what happened when he took down Otto Zehm sounds like one of those melees that are staple to TV cop shows. Barking orders. Officer-and-suspect squaring off. … 41

• Thompson admits ‘errors’ in statement to investigators

  October 29, 2011 in City on Page B1 YAKIMA – Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. finished his second day of testimony Friday, acknowledging again that he made some errors in his taped statement describing the 2006 … 19

• Thompson admits errors in Zehm report

  October 28, 2011 in News, City YAKIMA – Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. finished his second day of testimony Friday, acknowledging again that he made some errors in his taped statement describing the 2006 … 46

• Police training expert defends use of force

  October 27, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – One of the Spokane Police Department’s top trainers told a jury Wednesday that any situation could justify an officer’s use of force, even taking a burglary report in … 41

• Officers say Thomspon followed his training

  October 26, 2011 in City YAKIMA – One of the Spokane Police Department’s top trainers told a jury today that any situation could justify an officer’s use of force, even taking a burglary report in … 11

• Zehm update: Police training, response explained

  October 26, 2011 in City Jurors got a taste today of the unpredictability that officers face through the testimony of the defensive tactics trainer who instructed Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. how to … 25

• Backup officer takes stand

  October 26, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – Spokane police Officer Steven Braun Jr. gave the jury an image of Otto Zehm as someone who probably had committed a robbery, was trying to flee and then … 48

• Zehm update: Judge declines to dismiss force charge

  October 24, 2011 in City Enough evidence of excessive force against Otto Zehm has been presented to let the case proceed, Judge Fred Van Sickle ruled today, rejecting defense arguments that one of the charges … 127

• Shawn Vestal: Bottle report a lot of fizz but little pop

  October 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Otto Zehm case produced its first moment of comedy this week, though it’s not funny-ha-ha. It’s funny-stupid. 7

• Thompson colleague: Feds manipulated him

  October 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 YAKIMA – After obtaining an immunity letter from the U.S. Department of Justice, Spokane police Officer Tim Moses testified he could not remember or disputed any incriminating things he previously … 34

• Thompson trial: Officer disputes own grand jury testimony

  October 20, 2011 in City YAKIMA – After obtaining an immunity letter from the U.S. Department of Justice, Spokane police Officer Tim Moses testified he could not remember or disputed any incriminating things he previously … 26

• EMT, medical examiner testify about baton injuries to Zehm

  October 20, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – For the first time since the trial of Spokane police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. began last week, federal prosecutors walked out of the William O. Douglas federal … 36

• Officer denied Zehm lunged, judge told

  October 19, 2011 in City on Page A5 YAKIMA – On the eve of his anticipated testimony, Assistant Spokane police Chief Jim Nicks disclosed to prosecutors that he believes Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. tried to “manipulate” his … 1

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