City Policing the Police
posted by on November 28 at 15:29 PM
I’ve got a story in today’s paper about a violent arrest that took place in the University District last Friday, just days after the Seattle Police Department agreed to pay $185,000 to settle the Maikoiyo alley-barnes case.
After the University District incident, we got calls and emails from several witnesses who claimed that police used excessive force, and that one officer bashed a handcuffed suspect’s head into the pavement “10 or 15 times.”
SPD wasn’t able to comment about the allegations of police brutality before we went to print. Today, Seattle Police Spokeswoman Renee Witt told me that she’d checked with SPD’s internal investigations unit, and they hadn’t received any formal complaints about the arrest. Nevertheless, I keep getting phone calls and emails about it.
If you witnessed the arrest, you can file a complaint with the Office of Professional Accountability.
Just to be fair, you can also use the form to commend officers.
this a more difficult one. cops really should be above arresting someone because of insulting language. on the other hand, running, tackling and fighting on the part of the detained might be enough to justify the police action. more details needed...
Yes, report police brutality to the police department's complaint department... they have such a great record of policing themselves, after all.
Oh, yeah... forgot to mention that was sarcasm there.
Hmm. Your story sez the cops were members of an "elite" SPD team in an unmarked SUV. Puhleeze tell me these weren't the same SUV-driving "elite" coppers who did that late-night shoot-em-up after failing to identify themselves as cops to a caddy driver last year. Remember, they fired wildly at him, so he expertly shot out their tires?
Oops, wasn't last year, it was June. Same night as the shooting at Tommy's on the Ave.
Yeah, given OPA's record, I doubt anything much will come a litany of complaints, but have at it and see what happens.
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