By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Three weeks after the city of Burien’s first Latino mayor said he was attacked by a man angry about his policies supporting immigrants, no charges have been filed.
Now the FBI is stepping in after several law enforcement agencies have failed to charge the 62-year-old Burien man who Mayor Jimmy Matta said attacked him at a block party in this suburb city in King County, Washington.
Matta told police that a man in his 60s put him into a headlock and pulled him to the ground on July 21, whispering to the mayor, “We’re not going to let you Latino illegal take over our city,” the Seattle Times reported at the time.
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Both the King County prosecuting attorney and state attorney general said they have conflicts of interest.
A spokesman for Attorney General Bob Ferguson said state prosecutors are waiting for the FBI to complete the investigation.
“We’re still waiting to receive the investigation file,” the spokesman said in an email to the Seattle Times. “Hard to guess at a timeline when we’re not sure when we’ll get the file, but I’m sure the team will need some time with it to review the evidence before making a recommendation.”
Matta has been an outspoken supporter of making Burien a so-called sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants.
