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Monday, November 26, 2012

Crime SPD Responds to Request for Alleged Police Brutality Video

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:53 PM

Local attorney James Egan will receive the video he is asking for. In fact, he already has.

The Seattle Police Department via the City Attorney’s Office provided a copy of the in-car camera footage to James Egan as a matter of criminal discovery. Mr. Egan received police records that were necessary to adequately represent his client.

Mr. Egan made a separate request for the same in car video via the SPD Public Disclosure Unit. This request is currently in process. Once completed, Mr. Egan’s will receive another copy of the same video.

The SPD Public Disclosure Unit handles on average 4,000 requests for records per year. Every requestor receives a response from the department within five business days.

Since 2008, Mr. Egan alone has made 316 requests of the Seattle Police Department. He has 10 requests that are currently pending. His current request, like all others, will be handled in the order in which it was received.

This response is, of course, bullshit. As I mentioned this morning, Egan doesn't even need an exact duplicate of the video he already has—he simply needs a letter from SPD ceremoniously confirming that he can disseminate it to the public. (Without that clearance, if he could lose his license or get slapped with a lawsuit for sharing the video.)

But I suspect this obfuscation has less to do with pig-headedness and more to do with a total lack of leadership. The department and mayor's office have likely spent the whole day figuring out how to mop up the shit-show this video will unleash. Until they hammer out a game plan, we won't see the video.

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Of course the funniest part of the story? He hit a cyclist before fleeing..what's a slogger to do with his daily outrage?
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Posted by Hipster on Fixie? on November 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM

Leo Etherly has past arrest and convictions for assault, DV and indecent exposure. Leo quite the court record if you care to look it up, he has been arrested in 5 cites and 3 counties, he is certainly no stranger to law enforcement.

Now he hits and runs a cyclist on a residential street.

Posted by Hipster on a Fixie on November 26, 2012 at 5:26 PM

@2 - Thanks for that background info on the suspect. He TOTALLY deserved what he got then. Including the partial blindness. I'm sure that the DA dropped the case against him erroneously, and I mean, who really believes that "innocent until proven guilty" bit anyway?

Posted by sperifera on November 26, 2012 at 5:41 PM

@3,2 Yeah, it's right there in Seattle's penal code. The penalty for being accused of hit-and-run is to immediately get beaten, and then have the cops cover it up as if it weren't actually supposed to be that way. (You should see the penalty if he's actually convicted!)

Everything is working as intended, nothing to see here.

Posted by Ruke on November 26, 2012 at 5:58 PM

@3 I thought liberals liked context?

Posted by Where's the anti-car mob now? on November 26, 2012 at 6:01 PM

@4 where's your evidence? Leo's court records are there for all to see his criminality.

Posted by Hipster on a Fixie on November 26, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Could you imagine the beat down he would have gotten if he hit a cyclist during a Critical Mass ride?

Posted by Hipster on a Fixie on November 26, 2012 at 6:09 PM

Oompa Loompa do-ba-dee-da,
Given good manners you will go far.

You will live in happiness too,
Like the oompa loompa do-ba-dee-doo.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on November 26, 2012 at 6:47 PM

I'm surprised Leo had enough time to run down cyclists considering how much time he spends in the courts...

Leo's been a very naughty boy...

1 Etherly, Leo M
DEFENDANT King Co Superior Ct 11-2-30101-0 Available 09-01-2011
2 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Seatac Municipal 1Z0412069 09-20-2011
3 Etherly, Leo M
PETITIONER King Co Superior Ct 11-2-16591-4 08-15-2011
4 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Federal Way Muni IA0162153 04-27-2010
5 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Seatac Municipal 1Z0412068 11-22-2011
6 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Des Moines Municipal I01080783 02-27-2012
7 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Des Moines Municipal C00024567 03-06-2012
8 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Kent Municipal Court 2Z0266970 04-02-2012
9 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Kent Municipal Court K00092055 04-24-2012
10 Etherly, Leo M
RESPONDENT King Co Superior Ct 10-3-08135-0 11-16-2010
11 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Des Moines Municipal C00024786 03-15-2012
12 Etherly, Leo M
Defendant Pierce Co District 2Y3266068 07-25-2002
13 Etherly, Leo M
RESPONDENT King Co Superior Ct 12-2-35775-7 11-01-2012
14 Etherly, Leo Moton
Defendant Seattle Municipal Ct 408016 08-16-2001
15 Etherly, Leo Moton
Defendant Seattle Municipal Ct 553750 04-21-2010
16 Etherly, Leo Moton
Defendant

Posted by Coal in his stocking Santa! on November 26, 2012 at 6:53 PM

we need a new police chief.

Posted by go bulldogs on November 26, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Jonathan Chin, Jonathan Chin, Jonathan Chin.

Posted by Geraldo Riviera on November 26, 2012 at 7:31 PM

Can anybody check the IP address of the troll and see if it's coming from within the SPD. I'd really hate it if my tax dollars supported cop trolling.

Posted by captdrastic on November 26, 2012 at 7:48 PM

@5: I thought conservatives liked the Constitution.

Posted by seandr on November 26, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Cop trolling for sure. If you take a closer look at his record on WA courts JIS it is obvios the cop troll is spinning a grain of truth into a mountain of bs. Three counties indeed. One MUNICIPAL court case in Pierce county ten years ago.

Posted by wl on November 26, 2012 at 8:41 PM

@9: Seems a bunch those court appearances are for failing to pay bills, and at least one is a bogus, unsustained charge trumped by a cop who really, really sucks at his job. Can't wait to see his life get all fucked up when this video is released.

P.S. You know who hates the Constitution? Shitty cops, shitty cop.

Posted by seandr on November 26, 2012 at 9:13 PM

SPD sure has itchy fists, feet, mouths and guns don't they?

Posted by lauramae on November 26, 2012 at 9:15 PM

@13 They do. In the same way they like the Bible.

It's a shame someone cannot show some goddamn leadership and deal with this shit before it becomes a public outrage. Fuck PDRs and lawsuits, the moment a supervisor saw the video (assuming the descriptions are accurate) those officers should have been shitcanned or severely punished. The SPD should then have publicly apologized.

Not that fucking hard really.

Instead a guy who, if the trolls are to be believed, is a pretty shitty character, is going to become filthy rich all because the SPD and Mayor's office area bunch of morons.

Posted by giffy on November 26, 2012 at 9:18 PM

The entire SPD needs to be shitcanned. Or shit on. Something like that. Though it seems their shitting on themselves well enough as it is.

Posted by Ciaran on November 26, 2012 at 9:43 PM

@Myself *they're.... ooops. Now I know I'm sleep deprived.

Posted by Ciaran on November 26, 2012 at 10:03 PM

I hope McGinn has enjoyed his one term as Mayor. Is there anyone in Seattle he hasn't pissed off?

Posted by Teslick on November 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM

@12, that shut him up right quick dinn'it?

Yo piggly-wiggly, come back! Your childish attempts at slandering a victim of police brutality was speaking volumes about your 'profession.'

Posted by TortoiseTurtle

on November 26, 2012 at 11:32 PM

"Once completed, Mr. Egan’s will receive another copy of the same video."
So is it me or does that sound like you can release the video from discovery to the general public?

Posted by sugarbear on November 27, 2012 at 2:25 AM

pigs will be pigs

Posted by peskypoop on November 27, 2012 at 4:43 AM

Regardless of what the police suspected this man may have done, it's not their job to sentence the suspect to any form of punishment. The surveillance video doesn't really show enough to say what actually happened. Innocent until proven guilty applies to both the suspect and the officers. The key will be the dash cam video. What would really be a shame is if the guy actually did hit and run the bicyclist, and the police decided not to pursue a conviction to cover up wrongdoing by the officers. Since the dropped hit and run case wasn't tried, charges could be filed again if evidence came to light, even if the officers are charged and found guilty of brutality.

Posted by Rob in Baltimore