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Police officer charged with murder under new Washington law

by Associated Press
| August 21, 2020 12:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle police officer with a long history of using force, including three fatal shootings, was charged with murder and assault Thursday for one of those killings, the first case brought against an officer since Washington voters made it easier to prosecute police for using deadly force.

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