Good news for Shandy!

The officers caught on video beating the hell out of Daniel Saunders at SPDs Georgetown evidence room a year ago have been cleared of any wrongdoing. King County Prosecutors also looked into it and decided the officers' actions were justified.

From S.T.

Department spokeswoman Renee Witt, speaking for Acting Deputy Chief Nick Metz, said the three officers were "exonerated" by the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA), meaning that a preponderance of the evidence showed their conduct was "justified, lawful and proper," according to the OPA definition.

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Daniel Macio Saunders, a 47-year-old felon, had been mistakenly released from the King County Jail on June 10, four days after he had allegedly broken into a Rainier Valley church, naked and covered with blood. According to court and jail records, Saunders has hepatitis C, a contagious and dangerous blood-borne illness, and the church had to be treated as a hazardous-waste site during cleanup.

A warrant was issued for his arrest after his release was discovered. Saunders, not knowing he was wanted, went to the police evidence room June 11 to claim his personal property when a clerk recognized him and alerted officers.

Well, then the video below happened. The officers swore he was armed with a screwdriver and was trying to get to their weapons. You just can't see that because they are on the ground, they said.