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The StrangerSteve Kraycik, the news director for local Fox affiliate Q13, resigned yesterday afternoon under rising criticism that he failed to air a police brutality video for three weeks after it was filmed—and then trying to prevent other stations from running the video—to preserve the station's relationship with police sources.
The footage, which eventually aired on KIRO and triggered a city and federal investigation, appears to show a Seattle police officer stomping on an innocent detainee's head and threatening to "kick the Mexican piss out of you."
... Scrutiny escalated last Friday after KIRO television aired the video, and videographer Jud Morris said Q13 had declined to air the footage to avoid jeopardizing its relationship with the Seattle Police Department.
... The video shows Seattle detective Shandy Cobane, a member of the gang unit, responding to an alleged robbery outside the China Harbor Club on Westlake Avenue North in the early morning hours of April 17. Cobane appears to stomp his boot onto the suspect's head and yells, "You got me? I'm going to beat the fucking Mexican piss out of you, homey. You feel me?" Another officer then appears to stomp the man's kneecap against the pavement. But officers released the detainee moments later when they realized he wasn't a suspect in the alleged robbery. Officers did not call for medical help, and the bloodied suspect then spoke to Morris.
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