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Police deny that mistaken identity was behind the May 5 beatings, but nobody doubts that the killing of Liczbinski and the tense manhunt that followed had officers and residents on edge. Says Nutter, "There is no justification for what we saw on the videotape and we will deal with that during the investigatory process. I've said it many, many times - that kind of conduct is certainly unacceptable and there is no question about that." He adds, "I think people generally know we have a respectful police department and we're dealing with a lot of violence...
...were involved in any gunfire and say police are covering up the real reason for the beating - that they may have mistaken one of the passengers for a man wanted in the shooting of a fellow officer. That shooting, just two days earlier, took the life of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. The officer had just stopped a car with three men suspected in a mid-day bank robbery when one of the men opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, killing Liczbinski in the middle of a residential street. One suspect was arrested, another was killed in a shootout shortly thereafter...
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