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Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2004, page 24
Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee In Botched Raid; Prisoner also Killed
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Escapes,
Excessive Force,
Shootings,
Three Strikes.
Location:
Washington.
By Michael Rigby
One day after he used a fake gun to escape from a courthouse in Tacoma, Washington, a "three-strikes" prisoner was killed by police in a bungled raid that left one officer wounded. Family members allege the ...
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