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December 4, 2018

St. Louis: 4 Officers Indicted in Attack of Undercover Black Officer
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In St. Louis, three police officers were indicted last week in the
assault of an undercover police officer at a 2017 protest. The
undercover officer-who is black-was at a demonstration protesting the
fatal police shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith when officers
Dustin Boone, Randy Hays and Christopher Myers violently attacked the
veteran police officer, kicking and beating him with a baton and causing
serious injuries. A fourth officer, Bailey Colletta, was indicted for
her role in helping to cover up the attack. Before the attack, the
officers exchanged messages suggesting they "whoop some ass" and "grab"
and "toss [protesters] around."


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