Review of pepper spray fired at haka dancers again clears officers

Review of pepper spray fired at haka dancers again clears officers

By nate carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 2, 2012 02:42PM MDT

No one, including the police officers involved, will be charged with crimes stemming from an episode last year where officers doused haka dancers with pepper spray after a football game in Roosevelt.
Uintah County Attorney G. Mark Thomas on Thursday issued a 21-page opinion — an unusual step for a Utah prosecutor — stating there was insufficient evidence to find that either the dancers or the officers committed a crime.
“Witnesses and participants of the event each experienced the events having...

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