Review backs police handling of violent Cottonwood Heights protest; critics say it 'cherry-picks facts'
KSL TV COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — Investigators combed through more than 40 hours of video and 500 pages of police reports, listened to distraught 911 calls and questioned one officer and witness after the next. They arrived at one main conclusion: law enforcers in a sleepy Utah suburb were simply doing their job last summer when they arrived at protest against police brutality and commanded demonstrators to clear out of the road, leading to confrontations that ended in violent, sometimes bloody clashes. "Use of force never looks good, even in the most clearly justified circumstances," Utah speci...