In the video, Cobane can clearly be heard saying to Monetti, "You got me? I am going to kick the (expletive) Mexican piss out of you homey. You feel me?"

From [HERE] A lawsuit against the city of Seattle and a police officer who threatened to beat the "Mexican piss" out of a detained Latino man can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The lawsuit was filed by Martin Monetti Jr., who claims that Seattle police used excessive, racially motivated force against him when he was detained during a robbery investigation. Monetti is seeking unspecified damages in the case.

The April 2010 incident, which was caught on videotape, touched off an intense racial controversy and was one of several incidents that prompted the U.S. Justice Department to launch an investigation of the Seattle Police Department. In his lawsuit, Monetti says Seattle police officer Shandy Cobane hurled racial slurs at him and kicked him in the head. The lawsuit also says Cobane and another officer, Mary Woollum, stomped on him as he lay prone in a parking lot. The officers' actions were discriminatory and an unreasonable use of force, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, Monetti argues in his suit. He also argues that he was a victim of assault and battery and negligence on the part of Seattle police.

Monetti's case itself was cited in the DOJ's findings: "It is troubling that the use of this racial epithet failed to provoke any of the surrounding officers to react, suggesting a department culture that tolerates this kind of abuse," the department said. [MORE]