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Daily News: Odd News - Seattle's interim police chief sorry for video mocking homeless

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Seattle's interim police chief sorry for video mocking homeless 
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 07:32 PM PDT
Seattle police officers perform a skit that mocks the homeless in this still image from a portion of a 1986 training video released by the Seattle Police DepartmentBy Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless in what the city's police department this week called an "ugly piece" of its history. Interim Chief Jim Pugel, who is implementing sweeping reforms in the wake of a 2012 U.S. Department of Justice report that found the city's police routinely used excessive force, appeared in the video when he was a 26-year-old officer. ...
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