Criminal charges have been dropped against three men accused of assaulting a police officer outside the BalMar in December, our news partner The Seattle Times is reporting. According to the Times, “charges against the men were dismissed after Haynes ‘through his attorney, asserted a Fifth Amendment right not to testify,’ prosecutors said.” The felony charges for third-degree assault of a police officer can be refiled against the men if Haynes becomes available to testify. The paper has confirmed with the police department that Officer Garth Haynes has been reassigned and is currently being investigated for stomping on the head of one of the men while he was handcuffed on the ground, which was caught on a police cruiser’s dashboard cam.
You can watch the video and read more on this case in this Seattle Times article.