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2026-03-30 17:29:02 UTC

A motorcycle cop almost hit someone with his bike and then gave her a ticket.https://open.substack.com/pub/divestspd/p/surly-vindictive-motorcycle-cop-retaliates?r=1z3bsq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2026-03-30 17:29:02 UTC

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Espinoza is infamous for this exact type of behavior, but Chief Shon Barnes opted to give him the lightest discipline the Office of Police Accountability recommended: a two-day suspension.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/bad-apple-baseball-cards-daniel-espinoza

2026-02-14 20:00:14 UTC

Hey, Valentine. What if we kissed on the ashes of the police state?
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2026-02-14 03:41:21 UTC

Hope Kevin Dave is having a bad day in whatever QFC he's guarding now.
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2026-02-14 00:36:08 UTC

The OIG released its report on SPD's violent response to counterprotests last May. Zero mention of Matthew Didier's "Fuck people up" comments or POET Lt. Larry Longley's "Trantifa" remark.
None of these would've come to light without this "trust" being broken.
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2026-02-13 01:05:09 UTC

Two cops fired, and a $29 million settlement feels like some measure of justice, but it's still not enough.
DivestSPD's statement on the Jaahnavi Kandula settlement.
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2026-02-11 23:22:03 UTC

Oscar from the Office liked our police brutality vid. Not bad!
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2026-02-11 18:58:05 UTC

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We're crowdfunding a set of RODE GO II mics. Please pitch in to help us cover the price with tax ($212.47).
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2026-02-04 18:58:01 UTC

A riot cop pushed two women down from behind at the ICE protests last June.
The OPA found the force wasn't even "reportable." We disagree.
https://open.substack.com/pub/divestspd/p/no-discipline-for-cop-who-pushed

2026-02-03 19:22:47 UTC

We recently made a video about former CRG Lt. Matthew Didier at Cal Anderson last year.
Richard Bonesteel is now a sergeant in that unit. This angry child temperament in CRG is a feature, not a bug. SPD chooses this type to lead.
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/116/008/318/437/480/995/original/56f2bb69fa5c05c3.mp4

2026-01-31 23:39:42 UTC

Massive crowd at the federal building
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2026-01-31 22:07:59 UTC

At Seattle Central College for an educator led rally against ICE.
The crowd on the plaza is thicc. Around 500-700, spilling out into Broadway
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2026-01-26 18:29:01 UTC

For a second time, Seattle police Officer Tanner Jay was caught lying. Just one fib is supposed to end his career.
But despite clear evidence of dishonesty, the OPA argued it couldn't meet the high standard of evidence set in the police guild contract.
https://open.substack.com/pub/divestspd/p/a-seattle-cop-was-caught-lying-a?r=1z3bsq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2026-01-22 18:10:58 UTC

PSA: Somebody is posting false reports to ICE tracking apps in Seattle. It’s possibly right-wing trolls or ICE themselves.
This one, posted today, included an AI generated photo of ICE at a 7-11. Use caution before sharing.
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2026-01-20 17:53:28 UTC

"We're here to fuck people up."
Some folks are brigading public comment at the City Council meeting today over former CRG Lt. Matthew Didier's remarks last May. The video clips were released last week.
Comment starts at 2 pm
If you need some ammunition, we've got a full clip:
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/928/700/840/277/041/original/16f843d56ae8816e.mp4

2026-01-13 18:05:05 UTC

SPOG is maneuvering in the appeals court to protect officers accused of serious misconduct, like racism, corruption, and dishonesty.
https://open.substack.com/pub/divestspd/p/the-police-guild-wants-to-rewrite?r=1z3bsq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

2026-01-13 03:11:49 UTC

The agent who shot two people in Portland wasn’t at risk of being run over.
The agent fired into the vehicle from the driver’s side, as is evident from this photo.
Now the guy is being charged with agg assault for this obvious lie.
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2026-01-12 18:29:03 UTC

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2026-01-10 19:36:01 UTC

Fun fact: this is the title of a white nationalist song.
It’s the same one the Proud Boys were singing in that clip that got Jonathan Choe fired from KOMO.
That’s how far the Overton Window has moved in a few years
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2026-01-09 05:15:34 UTC

Another “weaponized vehicle” claim from occupation forces in Portland.
It sure sounds like the fed was at the driver’s window here too. Not sure how he could’ve struck two people from the front.
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2026-01-07 19:00:12 UTC

Kent Loux, Mike Solan's hand-picked successor to lead SPOG, is somehow an even bigger dope, but he's a "proven fighter with miles left in the tank," according to his campaign video:
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/855/346/033/874/632/original/5f3a4421d8cfd89e.mp4

2026-01-05 23:39:01 UTC

Good news, everyone!
Mike Solan, president of the Seattle policing cartel, is stepping down.
He apparently announced this on his podcast no one listens to.
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2026-01-01 00:37:20 UTC

RE: https://social.seattle.wa.us/@divestspd/115815710198982934
Police crimes DivestSPD uncovered in 2025:
1. Illegal wiretapping
2. Domestic violence x3
3. Sexual assault x2
4. Vehicular assault
5. Vehicular homicide
5. Bankruptcy fraud
6. DUI x3
7. Negligent discharge
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2025-12-31 18:58:12 UTC

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2025-12-17 23:01:08 UTC

The only “staffing crisis” politicians seem to care about is at the police department.
Homelessness services are critically understaffed. Workers deal with many of the same populations and issues for half the money.
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2025-12-17 18:58:04 UTC

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2025-12-16 21:30:15 UTC

Is part of Katie’s transition, literally becoming Mayor Bruce?
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2025-12-11 20:14:33 UTC

Mayor-elect Wilson is trying to be the mayor for everyone, but she’ll wind up as the mayor for no one.
No one likes Cauce.
The right thinks she’s too “woke.” The left hates her for crushing student protests.
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2025-12-08 00:46:45 UTC

🚨 ALERT🚨
ICE operating in South Seattle.
Abductions yesterday, agents spotted today in Othello.
Be on the lookout:
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2025-12-04 19:29:00 UTC

THROWBACK THURSDAY
In 1960s, Black Panthers first popularized calling cops “pigs.”
The Seattle police leaned into and got a pig mascot
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2025-12-04 02:35:36 UTC

Graffiti at the spot in Othello where Seattle police killed someone yesterday
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2025-12-03 18:58:06 UTC

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2025-12-03 00:53:50 UTC

Photos from today’s fatal police shooting in Othello.
SPD claims a man pointed a gun at them. There are about a half-dozen evidence markers indicating where shell casings were found.
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2025-12-02 22:26:20 UTC

SPD just shot someone in Othello. We’ve got someone en route.

2025-12-02 21:00:15 UTC

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2025-12-01 18:29:10 UTC

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Most of the cases were completed in November. However, in October, the OPA opened another investigation into an incident DivestSPD uncovered.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/new-may-24-footage-shows-sergeant

2025-12-01 18:29:10 UTC

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OPA did not sustain any excessive force complaints. The only sustained finding was that Officer Brian Muoio did not activate his bodycam and operated his bike unsafely.
He rammed someone head-on, knocking him down. Muoio was given a written reprimand.
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/645/726/543/820/393/original/69c0dcd9fd005a77.mp4

2025-12-01 18:29:10 UTC

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The OPA has not released closed case summaries on these cases. We'll post an update when they do. Stay tuned.
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2025-12-01 18:29:10 UTC

The Office of Police Accountability found that SPD's violent overreaction to a May protest in Cal Anderson was neither violent nor an overreaction. Case closed!
https://www.divestspd.com/p/no-justice-for-victims-of-seattle

2025-12-01 18:29:10 UTC

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Muoio was also given a "supervisor action" for unprofessionalism, which is unusual if the officer has repeatedly violated the same policy (Muoio has been investigated 8 times for this, 3 sustained).
He was captured on camera taunting someone he arrested.
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/645/726/379/992/129/original/e726289a59955f61.mp4

2025-12-01 05:43:01 UTC

alright, folks. Nobody fav this post.
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2025-11-29 08:23:44 UTC

What will become of Mayor Bruce’s dashboards?

2025-11-27 18:42:29 UTC

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2025-11-26 17:07:33 UTC

Everyone is overstating the leftward swing in Seattle's election. It's a needed course correction, not a counter-counterrevolution.
Wilson is an improvement over Harrell or Durkan, but the city council will still be considerably more moderate than it was in 2020.

2025-11-25 18:07:08 UTC

In August, two cop cars crashed in Beacon Hill.
We got the video. It's glorious.
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2025-11-24 18:29:01 UTC

In 2021, the Seattle Police Department signed the 30x30 pledge, aiming to increase the recruitment of women to 30% by 2030.
Despite an expensive ad campaign, recruitment has fallen to 10% this year.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/women-dont-want-to-become-seattle

2025-11-19 18:58:06 UTC

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There has also been an alarming growth in contact logs: from 16% in 2022 to 28% this year.
Contact logs are complaints that are closed for various reasons, which may or may not be valid.
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2025-11-19 18:58:06 UTC

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This is all on top of some dubious calls that the OPA has made under Glenn, who has ruled that clear policy violations are mere policy misunderstandings.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/no-discipline-for-cop-who-tasered

2025-11-19 18:58:06 UTC

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Expedited investigations can miss serious misconduct. For example, an investigation into some bigoted posts by a police officer moonlighting as a tacticool influencer was designated as "expedited."
https://www.divestspd.com/p/trans-phobia-sham-opa-probe-into

2025-11-19 18:58:05 UTC

The Office of Police Accountability is investigating fewer and fewer complaints under Director Bonnie Glenn.
In 2022, OPA conducted a full investigation into 37% of complaints. In 2025, the OPA only fully investigated 23%.
This is bad.
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2025-11-19 18:58:05 UTC

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The so-called accountability system is becoming less rigorous and transparent.
More investigations are being classified as "expedited" (27%), meaning the OPA can issue findings based solely on the intake investigation but can't sustain anything.
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2025-11-15 05:59:21 UTC

Hmmm….
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2025-11-13 18:06:03 UTC

“Go in heavy and put some fucking work in on these guys.”
Last week, a panel explored what prompted SPD's violent response in Cal Anderson on May 24. It was somehow dumber than you can imagine.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/go-in-heavyspds-violent-may-sortie

2025-11-11 19:58:48 UTC

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Steiger is the son of former SPD homicide detective Cloyd Steiger, who falsified an affidavit, leading to a wrongful conviction, and was fired by the state for stiffing a waitress who wore a BLM pin in 2020.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/washington-ags-senior-criminal-investigator-fired-over-blm-incident/WVEA2MQXRVAF3JOTTLDX77OTXU/

2025-11-11 19:55:32 UTC

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We've also identified one of the shooters as Landon Steiger, hired in 2009. This is Steiger's second shooting. The first was in 2021.
We're still working on definitively identifying the other two, but they were apparently rookies who just completed training.
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2025-11-11 19:51:27 UTC

RE: https://social.seattle.wa.us/@divestspd/115500800931733398
UPDATE: The Office of Police Accountability has opened an investigation into the three officers who fatally shot a man in SODO on Oct. 30.
While OPA has opened investigations into every 2025 shooting, this one is different. The allegations are "Conformance to Law," not force.
#note1uze…fhzy

2025-11-06 04:12:37 UTC

CW: Shooting/Death
New video of last week's shooting in SODO.
Officers told him to drop his gun. He did. They killed him.
https://media.social.seattle.wa.us/media_attachments/files/115/500/796/599/297/660/original/6e1bd215790dc9e5.mp4

2025-11-05 18:58:06 UTC

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2025-11-03 23:12:52 UTC

Now that the consent decree is over, SPD is no longer following its own policy of releasing officers' names and video footage within 72 hours after a shooting.
Control over that now rests with King County and the Washington State Patrol, so who knows when, if ever, we'll get video of last week's shooting.
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2025-10-21 22:37:20 UTC

BREAKING: Mayor Bruce Harrell will announce a tentative agreement with the Seattle policing cartel tomorrow. Officers will start at $118k, and pay will rise to $126k after just six months.
SPOG's main concession: Allowing CARE to expand and (supposedly) handle more calls on its own. However, SPOG has done nothing but undermine CARE so far. Despite past concessions on civilianization (flaggers, traffic cam review), cops mostly remain in those roles
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2025-10-20 21:44:33 UTC

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This is Helfgott's MO. We previously observed that "Before the Badge" is nominally open but designed to limit participation to a handful of non-profits, block watch captains, and other people who are inclined to be pro-cop.
Ersatz community engagement.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/almost-no-one-is-showing-up-to-spds

2025-10-20 21:44:32 UTC

This is the "outreach" SeattleU Prof. Jacqueline Helfgott is doing for the SPD Public Safety Survey.
These QR codes are posted around South Seattle labeled "LET'S CHAT." It's almost like they don't want people (who aren't on NextDoor) to take the survey.
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2025-10-18 20:36:27 UTC

“No Kings” sounds too extreme. Too confrontational.
Can we moderate it a bit? Make it more centrist? Some kings?

2025-10-09 19:11:58 UTC

Divesters! The first DivestSPD baseball cards are being delivered.
Quote this post with pictures and the link (tinyurl.com/DivestCards) so everyone can see how cool they are.
Thanks to everyone who bought a pack (or several)!
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2025-10-07 15:01:26 UTC

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Another aspect of Graham: Force must be judged from the perspective of a "hypothetical reasonable officer on the scene."
No need for hypotheticals. There was an officer with Adams, and he didn't use reportable force (much less punch the protester multiple times.

2025-10-07 15:01:26 UTC

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There was zero justification for this. Per Graham v. Connor, force must be "necessary," meaning there is no "reasonably effective alternative," to achieve a "lawful purpose" (handcuffing)
The alternative was just prying the guy's hands loose (what he ultimately did)
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2025-10-07 15:01:25 UTC

EXCLUSIVE: Newly obtained bodycam footage from the May 24 bust-up in Cal Anderson shows a Seattle police sergeant beating a protester on the ground
Apparently, the sergeant also fabricated probable cause for the arrest.
Read & subscribe: https://www.divestspd.com/p/new-may-24-footage-shows-sergeant
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2025-10-07 15:01:25 UTC

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Sgt. David Adams claimed that a protester "charged" him and attempted to "tackle" him, but it was the other way around.
The man was standing about 10 feet away from where officers were making arrests, and Adams rushed him, threw him down, and started punching him.
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2025-10-03 18:11:12 UTC

EVERYONE’S PRETENDING: Police guild gangsters are trying to kill alternative response.
Meanwhile, Mayor Bruce is making a show of “expanding” it in next year’s budget because it’s popular and it’s an election year. He knows damn well he’ll bargain it away.
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2025-09-29 17:29:03 UTC

After Seattle Police Officer Jonathan Goodwin allegedly pushed his fiancée down the stairs, she filed for a protective order.
Her petition to the court paints a dark picture of an emotionally unstable cop prone to outbursts of violent rage.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/seattle-cop-accused-of-head-butting

2025-09-28 16:55:40 UTC

Really curious how Bruce Harrell plans to resist Trump if he decides to send troops to Seattle.
Strongly worded letter?
Have the world’s worst lawyer, Republican Ann Davison, file a lawsuit?

2025-09-24 17:58:12 UTC

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See also our post this week about Englund's illegal search: https://www.divestspd.com/p/seattle-problem-cop-suspended-for

2025-09-24 17:58:12 UTC

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A force trainer at the department told OPA that SPD doesn't train officers to push fleeing suspects like this ( because it doesn't train officers how to end foot pursuits. Period).
OPA didn't sustain findings because Englund wasn't trained. https://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OPA/ClosedCaseSummaries/2025OPA-0125ccs5-1-25.pdf
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2025-09-24 17:58:12 UTC

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The force review board found that the action was outside of policy because Englund didn't consider the hazards in the store, which made the risk of injury high relative to the offense.
There were two other officers nearby, allowing for other options.

2025-09-24 17:58:12 UTC

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Englund's chain of command rubber-stamped his force, so the issue wasn't found until the force review.
This exact situation has led to several sustained complaints not being disciplined because the 180-day deadline in the SPOG contract starts with the sergeant's review.
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2025-09-24 17:58:11 UTC

Seattle Police Officer Stephen Englund threw an accused shoplifter into a shopping cart, busting open his head. The cut required nine stitches.
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2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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Englund doesn't frisk him. He searches him for evidence. A frisk is a pat-down over the clothes. Englund is picking up his jacket and feeling around on the pockets searching for car keys

2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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The guy has no open warrants, and there's no probable cause, so Englund cuts him loose. OPA faults Englund for exceeding the scope of a Terry stop, illegally searching under the pretext of a frisk, and frisking with no safety concern.
He's suspended for two days.

2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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After finding what he's looking for — a plain white undershirt like the one he saw on the surveillance footage — he reads the kid his Miranda rights and begins grilling him about the keys. Then Englund locks him in the back of the cruiser while he runs his record.

2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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But there's a more serious issue that OPA hints at but never investigates: Dishonesty.
Englund repeatedly lies throughout:
- Seeing "wide eyes" at an impossible distance
- Saying he conducted a frisk, when it was clearly a search
-Claiming the guy ran

2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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Englund asks the guy a couple of questions that provide him with no new information, while this guy nonchalantly picks at the seal on his strawberry milk.
Then, Englund inexplicably decides to cuff and frisk him (not allowed in a Terry stop w/o a valid safety concern.

2025-09-22 17:29:24 UTC

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Englund is a prolific offender. He has been consistently among the top .01% of officers for OPA investigations every year since he started in 2020.
He's also one of the first 10 officers featured in our print baseball cards. Order here: tinyurl . com / DivestCards
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2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

DivestSPD MVP Stephen Englund is at it again!
Officer Englund was investigating a stolen truck and apparently just snatched up the first Black man he saw.
https://www.divestspd.com/p/seattle-problem-cop-suspended-for

2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

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Then, Englund catches a break, and something happens that would provide the "reasonable suspicion" needed to detain him. The guy runs (or so Englund claims. It isn't captured on video)
After calling in a foot pursuit, Englund comes upon the least-running guy .
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2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

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You'll have to read the story on our site to get all the details, but there is so much in Englund's account of this incident that doesn't add up. OPA politely calls it "questionable."
"Dishonest" is more accurate.

2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

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After observing some physical characteristics that matched the grainy surveillance footage he just viewed, Englund decided to do a voluntary "social contact," which was all he was legally entitled to do at that point.

2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

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Nobody has eyesight that good — least of all this 20/200-vison mf in Coke-bottle glasses
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2025-09-22 17:29:23 UTC

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First off, Englund claims that he decided to check this young man out after seeing his eyes widen" suspiciously from the parking lot a block away:
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2025-09-20 17:29:11 UTC

CRG Officer Caleb Howard was seen skulking around in plainclothes at the Apple protest yesterday.
SPD should maybe pick someone we can't identify on sight for this work.
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2025-09-20 17:29:11 UTC

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Howard first came to our attention when he got drunk and choked another cop's teenage son at a BBQ. He's seriously injured two people this year
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https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/spd-officer-charged-with-assaulting-fellow-officers-son/956340884/

2025-09-15 20:41:09 UTC

A homeless 5-year-old girl living in Tent City #3 was sexually assaulted.
It's shameful that even one child is homeless and vulnerable to danger in Seattle, one of the wealthiest cities in human history.
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2025-09-12 15:00:52 UTC

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It gets more concrete when discussing capital improvements, i.e., plowing more money that we don't have into building new facilities for cops, like:
* New facility for the redundant Harbor Unit
* New firing range
* New North Precinct
* A city jail
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2025-09-12 15:00:52 UTC

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Most of the "policies" that support the "goal" aren't actual policies. They're just more goals, like "Plan and implement best and promising practices that focus on preventing violence."
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2025-09-12 15:00:52 UTC

Public Safety Chair Bob Kettle is trying to slip a new "public safety element" into the Comp plan.
It's still unclear if this will affect anything. It's essentially a bulleted wishlist of vague policy ideas that will all still need to go through the normal process.
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2025-09-09 20:08:34 UTC

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Tell City Council to vote NO on its massive surveillance expansion!
Public comment sign-up is now open. The meeting starts at 2 pm.
https://seattle.gov/council/meetings/public-comment

2025-09-08 17:29:06 UTC

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Our first pack is a veritable rogues' gallery of 10 sadists, hotheads, and career criminals. We plan to put out two more 10-packs in the coming months. Collect them all and support your local police watchdogs.
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2025-09-08 17:29:06 UTC

Good news, Divesters! The wait is over. Print editions of our Bad Apple Baseball Cards are finally on sale!
All proceeds will fund our exciting new project: a statewide police misconduct database.
Buy here: https://tinyurl.com/DivestCards
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2025-08-24 18:19:21 UTC

Stop us if you think you’ve heard this before.
Chains (Fred Meyers, Target, Rite Aid, etc) blame business failures and closures on shoplifting despite evidence to the contrary.
Cops respond by throwing public resources at task forces. Rinse, repeat.
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2025-08-06 17:58:02 UTC

As a detective in SPD's background investigations unit, Hosea Crumpton is charged with weeding out potential recruits who have the type of issues that got him suspended repeatedly
. https://www.divestspd.com/p/bad-apple-baseball-cards-hosea-crumpton

2025-08-06 17:21:25 UTC

Seattle Primary Results
Bruce Harrell: owned
Sara Nelson: cooked
Ann Davison: wrecked
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