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- THE WEEKNATION, Page 19Cops on Trial
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- Four Detroit policemen face charges for the death of a black
- motorist
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- The charges came quickly and hard: murder. Manslaughter. And
- the message was clear: Detroit is not Los Angeles. Criminal
- charges have been brought against four Detroit police officers in
- the killing of black motorist Malice Green, allegedly beaten to
- death by police earlier this month. Two white officers, Larry
- Nevers and Walter Budzyn, will be tried on second-degree-murder
- charges and could get life in prison if convicted. Freddie
- Douglas, a black cop, stands accused of involuntary
- manslaughter, which carries a maximum 15-year sentence, and
- willful neglect of duty, punishable by as much as a year.
- Officer Robert Lessnau, who is white, faces a term of as much
- as 10 years if found guilty of assault. Defense lawyers have
- come out swinging, playing up an autopsy report that shows Green
- had traces of alcohol and cocaine in his body. The next hearing
- is Dec. 14.
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