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Latino officers seek probe by FBI - A white policeman is accused of using excessive force in arresting a Latino teenager last month. - Denver

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Posted on: May 8th, 2008
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“A group of Latino Denver police officers wants the FBI to investigate possible civil rights violations in the case of a white officer accused of using excessive force against a 16-year-old.

The Denver chapter of the National Latino Peace Officers Association is forwarding a letter to Police Chief Gerry Whitman today, asking him to halt an internal affairs investigation into the Latino teenager’s injuries.”*

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