SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff
Beaumont Police Trial
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A then-Beaumont police officer charged with blinding a female DUI suspect.
A trial is set for a then-Beaumont police officer charged with blinding a female DUI suspect he shot with a pepper-spray gun at close range. He claims self-defense. David Nazar revisits a tragic and thorny case that has languished in court for two years. Why the delays?
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SoCaL Insider with Rick Reiff
Beaumont Police Trial
Clip | 6m 11s
A trial is set for a then-Beaumont police officer charged with blinding a female DUI suspect he shot with a pepper-spray gun at close range. He claims self-defense. David Nazar revisits a tragic and thorny case that has languished in court for two years. Why the delays?
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