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September 16, 2015

Seattle Cop Who Arrested Elderly Man for Holding Golf Club Is Fired 
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In Seattle, Washington, police have fired an officer who arrested a
69-year-old man last year for carrying a golf club in the residential
neighborhood of Capitol Hill. White police officer Cynthia Whitlatch
arrested African American William Wingate on July 9, 2014, after the
officer accused Wingate of swinging his golf club at her car. Dash cam
footage shows Wingate did not swing the golf club at the car. Wingate
told the officer he used the club as a cane. In her disciplinary report,
the Seattle Police Department accused Officer Whitlatch of biased
policing.

 

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