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Man convicted of assault after hitting officer with Bible
A Spokane man who was arrested for repeatedly hitting a police officer with a Bible last year was convicted of assault and resisting arrest Tuesday in Clarkston.
Asotin County Prosecutor Ben Nichols said the trial lasted less than a day and the jury, after viewing body camera footage of the incident, convicted Daniel W. Powell, 24, of third-degree assault and resisting arrest after just minutes of deliberation.
Powell had two low-level Clarkston warrants and a Spokane warrant out for his arrest when the altercation occurred, according to a police report. In body camera footage, Powell can be seen yelling “You’re disturbing my peace!” at an officer approaching him and waving a tattered paperback Bible in the air. Officer Darrin Boyd ordered Powell to stop striking at him before taking him to the ground. Powell repeatedly hit the officer with the Bible before he was handcuffed and shouted the officer should be ticketed for disturbing the peace.
Asotin County Prosecutor Ben Nichols said the trial lasted less than a day and the jury, after viewing body camera footage of the incident, convicted Daniel W. Powell, 24, of third-degree assault and resisting arrest after just minutes of deliberation.
Powell had two low-level Clarkston warrants and a Spokane warrant out for his arrest when the altercation occurred, according to a police report. In body camera footage, Powell can be seen yelling “You’re disturbing my peace!” at an officer approaching him and waving a tattered paperback Bible in the air. Officer Darrin Boyd ordered Powell to stop striking at him before taking him to the ground. Powell repeatedly hit the officer with the Bible before he was handcuffed and shouted the officer should be ticketed for disturbing the peace.
Man convicted of assault after hitting officer with Bible
