Alabama Return Preparers Found Guilty of Tax Crimes
WASHINGTON – A
federal jury today
convicted Spokane, Wash., Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr., 64, of civil
rights and obstruction charges stemming from his March 18, 2006, beating of an unarmed
citizen and an extensive cover-up that followed, the Justice Department announced.
Following a taser deployment and a rapid series of baton blows to the head, neck and body, the victim Otto Zehm, 36, was hogtied, stopped breathing, and was transported to the hospital, where he died two
days later.
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