Catch and release? TUSD disputes police statement on smoke bomber

Written by kgun9.com Friday, 13 April 2012 23:46

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Did TUSD safety officers release a smoke bomb suspect in order to calm an angry crowd?  On Thursday a Tucson Police Department spokesman said "yes."  But now TUSD says flatly:  it did not happen that way.

On Thursday TPD Lt. Fabian Pacheco told KGUN9 News that after a protester set off a smoke bomb in the Tucson Unified School District board room late Tuesday night, TUSD safety officers made a decision to let the bomber go.  Pacheco explained, "They knew who he was.  They had had him identified.  But in order to calm things down and defuse the situation, they released him."

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