What to do when law enforcement demands ballots? Election officials are in the dark "This is a wake-up call, I think, for election officials and judges to make sure that they’re very well educated about the protections we have in law."

NOW there's a "wake up call" that county sheriffs will use their investigatory powers to disrupt elections despite me writing about this since 2021.
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Folks underestimate how many SPD cops with abhorrent incidents on their records are still making $150K+ from you and your neighbors.

Cop's drunken hit-and-run ends in 15-day suspension A Seattle police officer's late night crime spree in Bonney Lake included DUI, hitting another vehicle and leaving the scene, and alleged domestic violence against his passenger.

A year ago, a Seattle cop got blackout drunk — so drunk he couldn't remember plowing into a car and driving off.

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Cops not only drive for work, they’re often driving at high speeds in high-stress situations

Cop's drunken hit-and-run ends in 15-day suspension A Seattle police officer's late night crime spree in Bonney Lake included DUI, hitting another vehicle and leaving the scene, and alleged domestic violence against his passenger.

A year ago, a Seattle cop got blackout drunk — so drunk he couldn't remember plowing into a car and driving off.

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Bingo. And if she wants to complain about wasted tax dollars, wait til she learns how inefficient and wasteful municipal courts are

North Bend resident Brandi Kruse complains that fares aren’t enforced on buses she never rides.

It looks good. Might check it out

So it's basically just a show about a normal cop.

Chief Barnes is soft on misconduct At least 70 percent of discipline Barnes issued is at the bottom or below the Office of Police Accountability's recommended range.

In his first year, Chief Shon Barnes chose the lightest punishment in a range of disciplinary options 70 percent of the time — far more often than his predecessors.

What's the reason for Barnes' soft touch?

www.divestspd.com/p/chief-barn...

Don't give her ideas.

Outside Swedish Cherry Hill

Taking a break from anti-cop propaganda to bring you pro-mountain propaganda

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Urgent: Stop the deportation of a father and child from Seatac airport. Get there quickly if you can.

Supporters are meeting in 20 minutes at the United baggage claim.

The more things change…

The CCTV / ShotSpotter / police tech crowd has very little in terms of actual studies proving their efficacy, so they mostly win over politicians with this one simple argument

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Local trash lady Andrea Suarez, is skulking around the Federal Building with a masked companion in military fatigues.

@chasecross said the mystery man just attacked him and ran

Well they reprimanded Muoio for not turning his bodycam on, so that’s … something?

Given what Keith Swank and other conservatives think protesting “like Antifa” means, he’s obliquely threatening to burn cities down.

Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines ICE Account

Remember when DHS agents had no choice but to shoot two Venezuelan men because the men had attacked them with a snow shovel and a broomstick?

New video shows they were lying about that one, too.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...

* Brian Muoio. This guy:

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To be clear, both of these things actually happened, but the OPA looked at them and said, "This is fine."

Officer Brian won't face discipline for pepper-spraying two protesters on the ground at Cal Anderson last May.

And another officer is off the hook for shooting a protester in the back with a pepper-ball.

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It sounds like by “strip searched,” they just meant he had to put on a jumpsuit. Drama queen.

It might be because he was already released. This happened a couple of days ago

You can hear the cops, audibly annoyed, saying “we told you twice already”

I love life

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