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Jury finds Vancouver Police officer not guilty
In May of this year, Officer Andrea Mendoza was placed on leave after an incident with a shoplifter caught the attention of Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik a...
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Opinion: Not guilty verdict appropriate resolution in case of VPD officer
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his praise to the jury in the trial of Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza.
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Letter: Officer Mendoza stood up for public safety
Clark County Public Safety Alliance Co-Founder Ann Donnelly provides context of support for Officer Andrea Mendoza.
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The verdict of “not guilty” by a jury was appropriate. Clark County Prosecuting Attorney Tony Golik should not have filed the charge. I watched the body cam videos. As a retired police officer my opinion was she was doing her job and did it right.
Her job was to subdue him from resisting. Using the Taser was and is reasonable force. Although, the extra time she took Pulling down his pants and putting it on his testicles to emasculate his manhood is disturbing and extremely concerning for her mental competence and frankly professional training and supervision. Clark County needs to do so much better. Next time she may have chosen her firearm if not held accountable . We’ve seen it here too many times. The accountability has to start somewhere.
It’s sickening people think she’s not guilty…pulling someone’s pants down and putting a taser to someone’s testicles is “doing her job”…DISGUSTING…so if a woman freaks out she can have her vagina exposed and threatened to put their baton on her??
He kicked her in the chest first. He deserved it.
Yes, male officers going forward should pull down the pants of female suspects and threaten to shove the baton up their vagina if they don’t comply. We need gender equality. Hopefully the people who vote “Yes” sacrifice their daugther’s to this new and acceptable policy first.