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Spokane cop indicted in death of disabled man
SPOKANE - A federal grand jury has indicted a Spokane police officer for striking and tasering a developmentally disabled man who died in 2006 after a confrontation with police.
SPOKANE — A federal grand jury has indicted a Spokane police officer for striking and tasering a developmentally disabled man who died in 2006 after a confrontation with police.
Officer Karl Thompson was charged with repeatedly striking Otto Zehm with a baton and tasering him during a confrontation in a convenience store.
The indictment contends Thompson deprived Zehm of his civil rights and also made a false statement to investigators.
U.S. Attorney James McDevitt said Thompson will likely be the only officer indicted in the case. City officials have said Zehm refused police orders to drop a two-liter bottle of soda he was holding, and fought with officers.
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