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SEATTLE (AP) The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a mans conviction for assaulting police officers, blasting a series of racist remarks by the prosecutor who handled the case.
During jury selection in the trial against Joseph Zamora, Garth Dano, who was then the elected prosecutor in central Washingtons Grant County, repeatedly asked prospective jurors how they felt about illegal immigration, border security and crimes committed by illegal immigrants even though Zamora was a U.S. citizen and the case had nothing to do with those topics.
The questions invoked racist stereotypes that violated Zamoras right to a fair trial, the justices said. They also expressed concern with the vicious beating officers gave Zamora, which left him comatose. Chief Justice Steven González noted that the jury was asked to decide, among other things, whether Joseph Zamora, a United States citizen, assaulted a police officers knuckles with the back of his head.
This case was not remotely related to immigration lawful or unlawful, Justice Charles Johnson wrote for the court. The apparent purpose of the remarks was to highlight the defendants perceived ethnicity and invoke stereotypes that Latinxs are criminally and wrongly in the country, are involved in criminal activities such as drug smuggling, and pose a threat to the safety of Americans.
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cilla4progress
(24,717 posts)They are notorious.
brewens
(13,538 posts)user and or deadbeat dad. I don't plan to ever go back.
cilla4progress
(24,717 posts)Depressed area for sure
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