The Salt Lake Police Department is defending itself in the case of the man accused of a string of hit-and-runs in the city and questions about why Ahn Pham wasn’t arrested after the initial hit-and-run last August.

A department spokesman told KSL TV that the case was investigated as an aggravated assault. But, it was determined that there wasn’t enough probable cause to arrest Pham, despite having a license plate number, a victim, and two witness accounts of what happened.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Although I have to admit I’m surprised that Utah cops didn’t immediately throw this non-white guy in jail.

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      6 months ago

      Racism vs laziness. It’s like an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. They would need to fill an entire form.