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Friday, September 3, 2010

City Protest Planned for SPD Shooting

Posted by on Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:23 PM

At a meeting today, a coalition of civic leaders elected to hold a protest next Friday, September 10 to protest—again—the recent killing of John T. Williams at the hands of an SPD officer, several sources confirm. The groups reportedly include members of the Chief Seattle Club, Native American city employees union, the NAACP, Mothers for Police Accountability, and several local tribal leaders. Given the recent officer-involved fatal shootings—including another one this afternoon in Tacoma, the third this week in Western Washington—other groups seem likely to sign on.

Specifics on the time and location remain unconfirmed, but the location is likely to be at City Hall or outside of SPD headquarters. The city's special events chair, Joanne Orsucci, said she has not received an application for a protest, but adds that the city routinely offers expedited permits for urgent protests.

The decision to hold a protest comes after last night's vigil in Pioneer Square, which was larger than many people expected and spilled onto Second Avenue. The vigil was attended by several leaders at City Hall.

 

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merry 1
I'll be there.
Posted by merry on September 3, 2010 at 6:11 PM
TheRain 2
The police shooting in Spokane is a great one, too--cop shoots minister, then puts off his deposition for a week so he can go on vacation. Echoes of Otto Zehm.
Posted by TheRain on September 3, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Joe Szilagyi 3
I keep wondering how much of this spawned off that one asshole cop throwing the girl off the wall on tape in the jail. Didn't either Montfort or the other guy say his actions were in response to that? Then multiple cops are suddenly being shot all over, now they're all understandably anxious and more likely to use deadly force? Or am I misinterpreting?
Posted by Joe Szilagyi http://www.joeszilagyi.com on September 3, 2010 at 9:11 PM
Kinison 4
Ill be there, but I was told by a friend that there would be another vigil Tuesday at 5:30pm at the location of Boren & Howell.
Posted by Kinison http://www.holgatehawks.com on September 3, 2010 at 9:56 PM
5
I don't know with any certainty the details of this situation, but I will still form a concrete opinion one way or another. Hooray for opinions. Hooray for reaction to limited information. Viva la SPD/John Williams (or visa versa).
Posted by stringer on September 4, 2010 at 2:42 AM
6
Funny how the cops never manage to shoot some one who:

1. Doesn't have a long rap sheet.
2. Follows a policeman's lawful orders.
3. Isn't brandishing a deadly weapon.
4. Resisting arrest.

Life's pretty simple folks. Avoid the simple mistakes above above and you, too, can live long and prosper.

Hey hey, ho ho.....yadda yadda yadda.
Posted by Hey hey ho ho on September 4, 2010 at 8:19 AM
7
Joe Szilagyi- Multiple cops being shot all over? I might have missed something, but since the tragic slaying of four lynwood cops I don't think any seattle area cops have died. Its probably true though that cops are more jumpy because of Montfort's actions. It still seems cruel that William's was shot.

Stringer- The facts for me atleast are all there, a man who was deaf was whittling with a three inch knife when a cop shot him after he didn't respond to requests to put the knife down. This seems like an unnecesary death.
Posted by swarren on September 4, 2010 at 11:32 PM
8
...And the cops wonder why they are being hunted.
Posted by UnCommonSense on September 5, 2010 at 6:07 PM
9
Don't get shot!
Posted by balmonter on September 6, 2010 at 10:41 AM
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John T. Williams was murdered:

http://www.teslasays.wordpress.com
Posted by Carmen R. Becera on September 9, 2010 at 8:03 PM
11
glad the cop shot him. go cops. =) Police all the way
Posted by USArmy on September 18, 2010 at 2:03 PM

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