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Suit alleges brutality by Smithers police officers

CHARLESTON - A Fayette County man is alleging he was brutalized for no apparent reason by two police officers following a traffic stop in Smithers last year.

Michael Wallace filed suit against the city of Smithers on July 7. In his complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court, Wallace alleges that he was attacked, and later beaten by Smithers police officers W.R. Callison and A.E. Roberts in January 2008.

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