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Little Tich

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Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:42 PM Jun 2016

No U.S. criminal charges for police in Mexican farmworker's death

Source: Reuters

Federal prosecutors said on Tuesday they lack sufficient evidence to file criminal charges against three patrolmen in Washington state for the fatal shooting of an unarmed Mexican orchard worker who threw rocks at them and ran.

The killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes in the southeastern farming hub of Pasco in February 2015, captured on video and shared widely online, sparked days of protests from the city's majority Latino community and drew criticism from the Mexican government and human rights activists.

Zambrano's death was among a series of police shootings across the United States that have put law enforcement agencies under scrutiny over their use of force against minorities.

Michael Ormsby, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, said prosecutors determined that police did not violate Zambrano's rights under a federal criminal civil rights statute.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-washington-police-idUSKCN0Z72OV

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No U.S. criminal charges for police in Mexican farmworker's death (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2016 OP
Bah. They had plenty of alternatives to killing him. uppityperson Jun 2016 #1
Police investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #2
Disgusting! Cops protect cops! Nt Logical Jun 2016 #3
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