Seattle Smackdown

Seattle police are throwing punches like the fishmongers toss salmon at you on Pike Place. A video showing a King County sheriff's deputy beat down a 15-year-old girl like she was Tina (insert Chris Brown joke here) has hit the internetz.

The video of the November 29th beating was released last week, after 31-year-old, 6 ft. 2 in., 195 lb. Deputy Paul Schene, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault. Schene is the third sheriff's deputy since 2006 to face charges on allegations of excessive force in the Seattle area.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports why the girl was in custody in the first place:

The girl was arrested after she was caught in her parents' car, which had been reported stolen from her parents' Tukwila home. Deputy Travis Brunner spotted the car driving without headlights about 3:45 a.m. on 32nd Avenue South in SeaTac and pulled it over.

She and another 15-year-old girl were arrested and taken to SeaTac City Hall to be fingerprinted before being transported to the youth detention center.

The P-I is not naming the girl because she is a minor.

The deputies apparently didn't know until later that the girl, who was in the passenger seat, was related to the car's owner.

As you see in the video, the po-pos commenced to whopping tail after the girl appeared to kick her shoes off, in the direction of the cops. Maybe she was imitating this dude. The cops tossed her to the floor then picked her up by her hair to remove her from the holding cell.

If convicted, Schene faces up to a year behind bars. He’s been on administrative leave since December.

Here’s a news re-cap of the beating.


The county prosecutor says the case goes beyond misconduct. Ya think?