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City Seeks Review from FBI - June 5 Pepper Spray Incident



According the News-Gazette the city is hoping for a FBI review of the June 5th incident after State Police investigation cleared officer involved:



http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-11-22/gerard-seeks-review-fbi-independent-experts.html



Julia Rietz is standing by her decision to drop charges of resisting a peace officer and will not press charges on the police officer involved in the June 5th incident:



http://www.news-gazette.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2011-11-22/rietz-says-she-isnt-second-guessing-her-decision.html



Smile Politely discussion here:



http://www.smilepolitely.com/splog/patrol_car_video_of_june_5_cpd_arrest/



Video Here:



The pepper spray moment happens just into the 11 minute mark and the alleged choking incident takes place after the 15 minute mark.











Will update this post with more updates as they come in...

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