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2 officers violated policies, Omaha police say

omaha-policeOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Police Department says internal investigations have found that two officers violated policies and procedures.

The department announcement Wednesday said it wouldn’t disclose the nature of any discipline pending or received by Officers Thomas Deignan and Bryan Kulhanek. The officers have declined to comment.

The department said last month that Kulhanek had posted potentially inappropriate content on his Facebook page. He’d said the Black Lives Matter movement is racist and is against white officers.

Officials say Deignan threw a teenager to the ground as he attempted to book her into the Douglas County Youth Center on May 15. The 16-year-old suffered a fractured eye socket. The State Patrol says it found no evidence of criminal conduct, and prosecutors have agreed.

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