Slog - Comments on Policing the Police http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police 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... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:29:54 -0800 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:49:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by infrequent 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...

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857668 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:59:50 -0800 Comment by Packratt Yes, report police brutality to the police department's complaint department... they have such a great record of policing themselves, after all.

]]> Packratt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857676 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:04:09 -0800 Comment by Packratt Oh, yeah... forgot to mention that was sarcasm there.

]]> Packratt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857700 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:13:39 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba 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?

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857741 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:32:49 -0800 Comment by tomasyalba Oops, wasn't last year, it was June. Same night as the shooting at Tommy's on the Ave.

]]> tomasyalba http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857750 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857750 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:37:14 -0800 Comment by Gomez Yeah, given OPA's record, I doubt anything much will come a litany of complaints, but have at it and see what happens.

Long live the junta.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/policing_the_police#c857759 City Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:39:53 -0800 Comment by vinap bitzuk sjguynvp gxbnhel fewruit mvjxnrk itkldsmqe kobxplj vjzqhfmy

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