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No discipline for cop who pushed two women to the ground from behind at June ICE protest The Office of Police Accountability found that the officer used "non-reportable" force to "guide" protesters back, but video shows a forceful push in at least one of these cases.

A riot cop pushed two women down from behind at the ICE protests last June.

The OPA found the force wasn't even "reportable." We disagree.

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Dear cops, please stop using the phrase "bad guys." You sound like a fucking child. Thx

This. So much this.

Don’t serve them. Don’t date them. Don’t treat them like human beings. Make them pariahs. Break their morale.

Make them do the “sad Charlie Brown” walk out of every store they go into.

We recently made a video about former CRG Lt. Matthew Didier at Cal Anderson last year.

Richard Bonesteel is now a sergeant in that unit. This angry child temperament in CRG is a feature, not a bug. SPD chooses this type to lead.

Last week @cmeddielin.bsky.social talked about an ICE invasion of Seattle as feeling like a natural disaster. In general people band together during natural disasters and try to help their neighbors.

Massive crowd at the federal building

Massive crowd at the federal building

We’re out here on 2nd

Educators against iCE is on the move.

Crossing Bellevue heading downtown on Pine. If you hurry you can catch us.

Huge crowd. Probably 1500-2000, stretching across several blocks. Can’t see the end

At Seattle Central College for an educator led rally against ICE.

The crowd on the plaza is thicc. Around 500-700, spilling out into Broadway

Wearing plate carriers to raid an election office is crazy work.

Here’s Seattle PD union president Mike Solan doing press with Homan, btw.

(via @divestspd.bsky.social)

Think “Black Lives Matter” painted on the sidewalk while more people die from police violence ever. single. year.

No stopping until there’s material change!

A Seattle cop was caught lying a second time. Why does he still have a job? Officer Tanner Jay released two people stealing gas at a U-haul lot, did not write a report, and lied to investigators. He previously fabricated a conversation with a witness.

For a second time, Seattle police Officer Tanner Jay was caught lying. Just one fib is supposed to end his career.

But despite clear evidence of dishonesty, the OPA argued it couldn't meet the high standard of evidence set in the police guild contract.

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It might not be AI. It might be just a cheap and lazy photoshop where they downgraded the photo quality to conceal the edits.

Either way it’s definitely fake and the post is suspicious

This guy looks like he's standing inside the shelf. also the floor tiling doesn't match the tiles at the 7-11 at 5700 MLK, which is where this is supposed to be.

It’s supposed to be S Rainier but doesn’t match the interior of 7-11

This for starters.

Also, ICE ERO tends to wear olive drab or sand colored plate carriers.

These dark blue vests aren’t common, and you probably wouldn’t see three ICE agents in one place wearing them

PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves.

This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.

Yes sorry

"We're here to fuck people up."

Some folks are brigading public comment at the City Council's public safety meeting today over former CRG Lt. Matthew Didier's remarks last May. The video clips were released last week.

Comment starts at 2 pm

If you need some ammunition, we've got a full clip:

Protecting women and girls in sports by bashing women and girls in sports is certainly a move

Really stoked about the new 2026 edition ops.

Maybe we'll get a convicted pedophile who dresses like a wizard or something

So...SPOG argued that it's spending so much "hard-earned dues" money on public records lawsuits that it can't afford to lobby.

We're effectively draining the police guild's ability to enact public policy at the state level. How bout that?

SPOG has been trying (and failing) to stop our work since we revealed the names of the six officers who went to J6 in 2021.

This is only the latest of several attempts.

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Funny how when someone is accused of misconduct by the cops that's all public, but if someone accuses a cop of misconduct it has to all be kept secret.

The police guild wants to rewrite the Public Records Act in the courts In its lawsuit against DivestSPD, SPOG is attempting to bypass the state legislature and create new exemptions for officers accused of serious misconduct.

SPOG is maneuvering in the appeals court to protect officers accused of serious misconduct, like racism, corruption, and dishonesty.

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We should just expropriate Bruce Harrell’s Seward Park home