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Shelton police officers are on leave
under investigation following the arrest
of a homeless man during that arrest
caught on police body cameras the
homeless man suffered broken bones and a
head injury investigators tonight say
those officers should face criminal
charges
Souths bureau chief drew Mickelson broke
the story on twitter drew you spoke with
Shelton's police chief what did he think
about that video he told us this video
quote puts a knot in your stomach but
he's not willing to judge his officers
until two ongoing investigations are all
wrapped up this happened in the middle
of night back in May at the top of this
stairway here this is the back side of
an emergency homeless shelter and
Shelton PVE say they have been told to
remove anyone they find sleeping outside
here Shelton PD come down from the
stairs with pepper spray in hand a
Shelton police officer climbs the
stairway with another officer to remove
what appears to be a sleeping man wake
up man it's the police department show
me your hands no response show me your
hands I'm gonna tell you one more time
to show me hands and I'm gonna
pepper-spray you show me your hands the
man who would later say he thought he
was being robbed doesn't immediately get
up but investigators say they believe
the effects of the pepper spray made him
panic and suddenly rise
now for more than four minutes
the two officers struggle with the man
they tase him and according to
investigators repeatedly hit him before
backup arrives and he's taken away
obviously I don't like the way it
transpired that night kind of puts a
knot in your stomach to watch a video
like that well he doesn't like what the
officers body cameras documented Shelton
police chief Darren moody is withholding
judgment until the Department personnel
investigation determines if any policies
were violated in the meantime the
officers are on paid administrative
leave but there's also an ongoing
criminal investigation the chief called
for an out of County agency the Thurston
County Sheriff's Department to
investigate the arrests the
investigation found the use of force was
not necessary or reasonable and
therefore unlawful and because the
officers recklessly inflicted
substantial bodily harm they should be
charged with assault chief says if the
law was broken he owes it to the people
of Shelton to take action we will be
transparent we're accountable to the
public we're accountable to each other
and as such we will continue moving
forward and be part of this community so
what's next the police chief tells us it
will be at least a couple of weeks
before his department's internal
investigation is wrapped up in a
disciplinary action may or may not be
taken the prosecutor says it will likely
be longer than that before he decides if
any criminal charges are indeed filed
the attorney for the officer told us
both officers told us today that his
clients were acting within the law
he says they did not break the law out
here and as for the homeless man who was
arrested his attorney told us that he
suffered a broken nose - broken cheeks
and still is getting treatment up at
Harbor View for traumatic brain injury
and she says while he was arrested for
assault and trespassing he was never
charged with any crime live in Shelton
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