The deputy was charged with assault in the fourth degree Tuesday, accused of punching a suspect who was handcuffed in the back of a patrol vehicle.
The incident involving Deputy Matthew Good happened during a domestic violence call in SeaTac on March 7.
Good stepped in and “punched Teson six to eight times in the chest,” the charging documents state. Other deputies present intervened and separated Good from Teson. A sergeant on the scene said Good’s use of force was “neither necessary nor proportional for the situation.” Good “engaged in a series of poor police tactics and use of force that created an officer and citizen safety hazard and increased the risk of injury to the involved parties,” the expert also said toward the end of the report, according to the charging documents.More on the charge
“For a felony to be charged under Washington law, a victim must sustain a substantial bodily injury as a result of the assault,” King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney said in a statement emailed to KIRO Newsradio Tuesday. “According to investigators, the victim in this case did not sustain substantial bodily injury as a result of the assault.
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