Judge: Internal police probes private
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Todd Cooper
Add internal affairs investigators to the list of people — priests, spouses, lawyers — you can talk to without fear that your words will be used against you in court.
Douglas County District Judge Duane Dougherty ruled that a man who was kicked and gang tackled by officers will not be able to refer in court to the Omaha Police Department's internal affairs investigation into the controversial arrest.
Robert Wagner — whose violent takedown prompted the firing of two police officers — has no plans to appeal the judge's decision, his attorney said.
Rather, Wagner, 36, is anxious to show that he did not hit anyone before the officers gang tackled him, attorney Glenn Shapiro said.
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