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Yukai Peng, Deseret News
The Utah chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police is urging leaders in Cottonwood Heights to discipline a city councilwoman who confronted officers at a protest that ended in violence last year.
Ian Adams, the union's executive director, alleges Tali Bruce "continued to wade into ongoing assaults on officers and interfere with their ability to defend themselves and make arrests" at the Aug. 2 march.
"Her continued membership of your council is an embarrassment to the entire state," Adams wrote in a Wednesday letter addressed to the city council.
A day earlier, the Utah Attorney General's Office released a report backing how officers handled demonstration. Investigators in the office found police did not use excessive force and acted appropriately, but said the city's police department could have planned better when it came to coordinating with other agencies and communicating with organizers of the demonstration.