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Police Officer In Body Slamming Video Exonerated

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4) - A police officer in Fort Collins who is seen in a video that went viral throwing a woman to the ground outside a bar, has been exonerated.

Officer Randall Klamser will return to full duty after he was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.

Michaela Surat Arrest
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The incident happened outside the Bondi Beach Bar and Grill on April 6. Michaella Surat, 22, a Colorado State University student, was arrested on assault charges.

Arrest paperwork shows Surat had hit an officer multiple times.

Michaella Surat
Michaella Surat (credit: Fort Collins Police Services)

A citizen's review board said after interviewing seven witnesses, the officer did not violate city policy.

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