Seattle Criminal Defense: Seattle cop who shot Hells Angel says department failed, maligned him

BN- Seattle Criminal Defense: Seattle cop who shot Hells Angel says department failed, maligned him: "police detective who shot a Hells Angels gang member during a fight at a South Dakota bar is suing the City of Seattle claiming Police Department management maligned him in the days following the shooting.

At issue in the suit, filed late Monday in King County Superior Court, are comments made by then-Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske in the days following the shooting, as well as an erroneous claim made by police investigators that Detective Ronald Smith was armed with a department pistol when he shot and wounded a Hells Angel during the Sturgis motorcycle rally."