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March 2, 2009

Seattle Sheriff Deputy Beat 15-Year-Old Girl
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In Seattle, a sheriff’s deputy has pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree
assault after he was caught on videotape assaulting a fifteen-year-old
girl in a jail cell. Video of the beating was released by prosecutors on
Friday. In the video, a deputy kicks the girl, pushing her back toward
the wall. The deputy then strongly backs the girl against the wall and
slams her to the floor by grabbing her hair. A second deputy enters the
holding cell, while the first deputy holds the girl face down to the
floor. The first deputy appears to hit the girl with his hands. The girl
is then lifted up and led out of the cell while the first deputy holds
her hair. The King County sheriff’s deputy Paul Schene was investigated
previously for shooting two people—killing one—in the line of duty.



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