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Seattle Cop Won't Face Hate-Crime Charge for Kicking Latino Man

By Rafael Vela
Created Sep 2 2010 - 4:11pm

-- by Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times:

A Seattle police detective who sparked a public outcry after he stomped a prone Latino man and used ethnically inflammatory language in April will not be charged with the felony of malicious harassment, the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

But the Seattle City Attorney's Office plans to review the Police Department's investigative file on the case to determine if any misdemeanor charges are warranted against Detective Shandy Cobane, spokeswoman Kimberly Mills said shortly after the announcement.

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